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. 2019 Mar 12;12(6):1096–1113. doi: 10.1111/eva.12783

Table 2.

Tests for the presence of outlier loci in cattle breeds, including one test across all breeds (T1), and one test used as a measure of control (T2) where differentiation is expected to be explained by recent genetic drift without any known history of selection

Test Cattle included Test type Performed to evaluate
T1 All Across all groups (n = 9) Outliers among all groups
T2 Jutland Kortegaard versus Oregaard‐lineages Pairwise Genetic drift in native breed lineages (few/no results expected)
T3 Old bulls pre‐1980 (cryopreserved SDM‐1965) versus Holstein cattle Pairwise Native versus commercial breed; selection for local environmental conditions in native cattle
T4 Old bulls pre‐1980 (cryopreserved SDM‐1965) versus Western Norwegian Red‐polled cattle Pairwise Two native breeds; selection for different landscape types (rugged terrain in Western Norway, gentle terrain in Denmark)
T5 Western Norwegian Red‐polled cattle versus Western Norwegian Fjord cattle Pairwise Two native breeds; selection for polled phenotype (without horns) in Red‐polled cattle
T6 Old bulls post‐1980 (cryopreserved Jutland) versus Holstein cattle Pairwise Native versus commercial breed; selection for local environmental conditions in native cattle
T7 Old bulls post‐1980 (cryopreserved Jutland) versus Western Norwegian Red‐polled cattle Pairwise Two native breeds; selection for different landscape types (rugged terrain in Western Norway, gentle terrain in Denmark)

A description of cattle breeds and lineages is provided in Table 1.