Table 3.

Correspondence between the convergence candidate regions (CCR) identified in the core analyses between Australian Merino and Churra breeds (labeled as CCR1 to CCR18), with the CCR identified in the validation analyses performed by contrasting a small dataset of Spanish Merino and Churra sheep genotypes (labeled as CCR101 to CCR118)

CCR AustralianMerino-Churra			CCR SpanishMerino-Churra
Region	Genomic region	Most extreme XPEHH valuea	Region	Genomic region	Most extreme XPEHH valuea
CCR1	Chr2: 51.659–53.837	6.297	CCR101	Chr2: 51.530–53.798	4.282
CCR2	Chr2: 78.854–79.190	4.571
CCR3	Chr3: 151.088–152.393	5.232	CCR102	Chr3: 151.433–152.055	3.648
CCR4	Chr3: 152.545–153.519	6.651	CCR103	Chr3: 152.855–152.861	3.560
CCR5	Chr3: 154.007–154.523	4.324
CCR6	Chr3: 154.638–158.339	5.409
CCR7	Chr3: 179.816–180.129	4.066
CCR8	Chr3: 182.779–182.916	3.373
CCR9	Chr3: 183.347–183.430	4.061
CCR10	Chr3: 187.634–188.482	4.323
			CCR104	Chr4: 30.499–30.929	− 4.131
CCR11	Chr6: 36.461–36.914	− 4.211
CCR12	Chr6: 37.164–38.580	− 4.837	CCR105	Chr6: 38.181–38.255	− 3.666
			CCR106	Chr6: 38.429–38.617	− 4.256
			CCR107	Chr8: 31.613–31.699
CCR13	Chr8: 32.779–33.477	4.846	CCR108	Chr8: 32.364–32.597
			CCR109	Chr8: 33.676–34.622
			CCR110	Chr8: 34.791–35.740
CCR14	Chr8: 37.075–37.423	4.194
			CCR111	Chr8: 51.730–52.676	− 5.015
			CCR112	Chr8: 52.997–54.352	− 4.599
			CCR113	Chr8: 59.193–60.187	− 6.377
CCR15	Chr10: 29.344–29.713	3.716
			CCR114	Chr10: 51.490–52.154	− 4.592
			CCR115	Chr10: 52.389–52.670	− 3.590
CCR16	Chr11: 26.512–26.940	− 3.458
			CCR116	Chr15_ 37.553–37.776	4.543
			CCR117	Chr15: 38.783–38.943	3.734
CCR17	Chr15: 74.618–74.636	− 3.429
CCR18	Chr25: 7.356–7.821	− 4.234	CCR118	Chr25: 7.356–7.970	− 3.361

^aFor the CCR including a selection signal identified by the XP-EHH test, the most extreme XP-EHH estimate is provided. Positive and negative (highlighted in bold font) XP-EHH estimates indicate selection in the Churra and Merino populations, respectively