Table 2.
Genotypic frequency and allele frequency of the HOXB13 gene 168-bp InDel locus among 33 sheep breeds worldwide.
| Region | Breed | Tail Type | Sample Size | Breed Type | DD | ID | II | I | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Mouflon | Short thin-tailed | n = 33 | Wild sheep | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Oceania | Border–Leicester | - | n = 19 | Meat–wool | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| Europe | Gotland | Short thin-tailed | n = 10 | Meat–wool | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| Ouessant | Short thin-tailed | n = 10 | Wool | 0.70 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.80 | |
| Suffolk–White | Long thin-tailed | n = 13 | Meat–wool | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.04 | |
| Solognote | Long thin-tailed | n = 10 | Meat | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | |
| FinnSheep | Short thin-tailed | n = 11 | Wool | 0.73 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.86 | |
| Suffolk Sheep | Long thin-tailed | n = 11 | Meat | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.05 | |
| German merino Sheep | Long thin-tailed | n = 21 | Wool | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.24 | |
| Poll–Dorset | Long thin-tailed | n = 21 | Meat | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | |
| East Friesian Dairy Sheep | Long thin-tailed | n = 54 | Milk | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.09 | |
| East Asia | Tibetan Oula Sheep | - | n = 10 | Meat | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Waggir Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 10 | Meat | 0.80 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.90 | |
| Sishui Fur Sheep | Long fat-tailed | n = 10 | Lambskin–meat | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.25 | |
| Wuzhumuqin | - | n = 11 | Meat–fat | 0.82 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.86 | |
| Large-tailed Han Sheep | Long fat-tailed | n = 11 | Meat–fat–lambskin–wool | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.27 | |
| Small-Tail Han Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 12 | Lambskin–meat | 0.83 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.92 | |
| Wadi Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 12 | Meat–wool | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.88 | |
| HybridF1(Kazakh×Texel) | - | n = 15 | Meat | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.73 | |
| Bayinbuluke Sheep | Fat-rumped | n = 16 | Meat–fat | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.88 | |
| Kazakh Sheep | Fat-rumped | n = 19 | Meat–fat | 0.68 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.82 | |
| Tan Sheep | Long fat-tailed | n = 17 | Wool | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.06 | |
| Yunnan Sheep | Short thin-tailed | n = 21 | Meat–wool–lambskin | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 0.69 | |
| Duolang Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 22 | Meat–fat | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Bashibai Sheep | Fat-rumped | n = 22 | Wool–meat | 0.86 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.91 | |
| Cele Black Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 26 | Lambskin | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 0.62 | |
| Altay Sheep | Fat-rumped | n = 27 | Meat | 0.93 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.94 | |
| Tibetan Sheep | Short thin-tailed | n = 25 | Coarse wool | 0.80 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.90 | |
| Hu Sheep | Short fat-tailed | n = 46 | Meat | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Africa | Bonga Sheep | - | n = 10 | Meat | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.25 |
| Morocco local populations | Long thin-tailed | n = 10 | Meat | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.25 | |
| Kefis Sheep | - | n = 13 | Lambskin | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Dorper Sheep | - | n = 10 | Meat | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
Note: II, insertion/insertion; ID, insertion/deletion; DD, deletion/deletion. The population size of each sheep breed is greater than or equal to 10 (n ≥ 10).