Table 4.

The candidate genomic regions and genes identified to be under selection by the F_ST approach for the comparison between the short fat-tailed (Yabuyi sheep) and long fat-tailed (Karakul sheep) breeds.

OAR	Gene Position (bp)	GENE NAME	Function
10	35,583,842–35,609,414	FAM117A	Reproduction
10	78,274,732–78,283,255	PER3	Melatonin and core body temperature rhythms resynchronize
15	60,734,22–62,083,71	HOXC10	Regulate cell differentiation
15	62,437,71–62,716,81	HOXC11	Tail fat development
15	63,382,71–63,384,20	HOXC12	Tail fat development
15	63,426,27–64,605,57	HOXC13	Tail fat development
15	28,607,005–28,679,716	TBK1	Innate immune response
15	28,718,530–28,746,137	ZC3H10	Tail fat development
15	28,757,496–287,993,90	ERBB3	Normal growth and development
15	54,582,673–54,583,137	CDK2	Cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation and apoptosis
17	22,645,442–22,820,539	MMP19	Proliferation
17	29,540,625–29,557,094	SNORA53	Fat tailed development
17	29,631,331–29,661,343	APAF1	Immunity
17	34,461,385–34,517,413	DDX47	Wool Production
17	34,971,013–34,971,123	LRP6	Disease resistance
17	53,661,638–53,752,199	PHB2	Immunoprecipitation and embryo developments
17	53,803,322–53,859,050	oar-mir-200c	Milk production
17	53,875,546–53,895,506	PTPN6	Metabolism
2	58,319,311–58,656,152	LGALS2	Disease resistance
2	10,409,016,7–10,410,456,3	H1-0	Antibodies
2	10,481,607,5–10,500,749,7	GCAT	Regulate cardiac development
2	17,658,885,2–17,728,788,6	SOX10	Coat color patterns
2	18,434,313,9–18,434,327,5	CRPPA	Red meat production
2	19,005,983,1–19,006,799,7	RELN	Fat tailed deposition