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. 2017 Aug 8;7:7623. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07382-7

Table 1.

Sample information and diversity indexes.

Breed/population Acronym Origin Number Ho (SD) Ne F Source
Mouflon
Sardinian mouflon MSar1 Sardinia 19 0.22 (0.19) 261 0.45 This study
Sardinian mouflon MSar2 Sardinia 8 0.22 (0.24) 130 0.46 This study
Sardinian mouflon MSar3 Sardinia 28 0.34 (0.19) 273 0.16 KJa
Spanish mouflon MSpa Spain 21 0.20 (0.19) 96 0.51 KJa
Hungarian mouflon MHun Hungary 8 0.24 (0.21) 282 0.42 This study
Corsican mouflon MCor Corsica 3 0.24 (0.27) 259 0.41 This study
Cypriot mouflon MCyp Cyprus 3 0.09 (0.20) 244 0.78 This study
Iranian mouflon MIra Iran 2 0.25 (0.31) 0.35 NGb
Total 92
Domestic sheep
Altamurana ALT Italy 24 0.37 (0.16) 628 0.06 KJa
Australian Merino ASM Spain 24 0.37 (0.15) 920 0.06 KJa
Castellana CAS Spain 23 0.38 (0.16) 813 0.02 KJa
Chios CHI Greece 23 0.33 (0.17) 391 0.15 KJa
Churra CHU Spain 24 0.37 (0.16) 617 0.05 KJa
Comisana COM Italy 24 0.38 (0.16) 1028 0.03 KJa
Cyprus Fat Tail CFT Cyprus 24 0.34 (0.19) 186 0.13 KJa
Iranian sheep IRS Iran 6 0.37 (0.22) 412 0.05 NGb
Milk Lacaune LAC France 24 0.37 (0.16) 607 0.06 KJa
Nera di Arbus sheep SAB Sardinia 20 0.36 (0.18) 366 0.08 KJa
Racka RAK Hungary 8 0.35 (0.21) 327 0.11 This study
Sarda sheep SAR Sardinia 10 0.37 (0.19) 755 0.07 This study
Scottish Blackface SBF UK 24 0.37 (0.17) 428 0.05 KJa
Soay SOA UK 24 0.27 (0.20) 179 0.32 KJa
Spael-white SPW Norway 24 0.34 (0.18) 367 0.14 KJa
Valais Blacknose sheep VBN Switzerland 24 0.31 (0.18) 306 0.22 KJa
Total 330

Breed/population name and the corresponding code used throughout the manuscript, the country of origin and the number of individuals analysed in this work are shown in the first four columns, along with the observed heterozygosity (H o) and its standard deviation (SD, in brackets), the effective population size (N e) and the inbreeding coefficient (F). aKJ refers to Kijas et al.22. bNG refers to the NextGen Consortium (FP7/2010–2014, grant agreement no 244356 - “NextGen”).