Table 1.

Information on the sheep populations in this study.

NO.	Breed	Abbr.	Photo	Category	Size	Color
1	Bashbay sheep	BAS		Domestic_East Asia_Kazakh	4	Brown wool with white face
2
3
4
5	Duolang sheep	DUL		Domestic_East Asia_Kazakh	3	Gray white wool with dark gray head and limbs, tawny neck
6
7
8	Altay sheep	ALT		Domestic_East Asia_Kazakh	3	Brown red wool with white head
9
10
11	Qira Black sheep	QIB		Domestic_East Asia_Kazakh	3	Black brown wool
12
13
14	Turfan Black sheep	TUB		Domestic_East Asia_Kazakh	4	Black wool
15
16
17
18	Guide Black Fur sheep	GBF		Domestic_East Asia_Tibet	3	Black red wool
19
20
21	Ninglang Black sheep	NLB		Domestic_East Asia_Yunnan	3	Black wool
22
23
24	Shiping Gray sheep	SPG		Domestic_East Asia_Yunnan	4	Cyan wool with black limbs
25
26
27
28	German Mutton Merino	GME		Domestic_Europe	3	White wool
29
30
31	Poll Dorset	DOP		Domestic_Europe	2	White wool
32
33	Large-tailed Han sheep	LTH		Domestic_East Asia_Mongolia	4	White wool
34
35
36
37	Guangling large-tailed sheep	GLT		Domestic_East Asia_Mongolia	4	White wool
38
39
40
41	Hu Sheep	HUS		Domestic_East Asia_Mongolia	3	White wool
42
43
44	Tong Sheep	TON		Domestic_East Asia_Mongolia	3	White wool
45
46
47	Lanzhou Large-tailed sheep	LLT		Domestic_East Asia_Mongolia	2	White wool
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