Objective Chinese indigenous sheep breeds can be classified into the following three
categories by their tail morphology: fat-tailed, fat-rumped and thin-tailed sheep. The typical …

Chinese indigenous sheep can be classified into three types based on tail morphology: fat-
tailed, fat-rumped, and thin-tailed sheep, of which the typical breeds are large-tailed Han …

The sheep (Ovis aries) plays a major socio-economic role in the world. Copy number
variations (CNVs) are increasingly recognized as a key and potent source of genetic …

Background Copy number variation (CNV) is an important source of structural variation in
the mammalian genome. CNV assays present a new method to explore the genomic …

Copy number variants (CNVs) are a type of genetic polymorphism which contribute to
phenotypic variation in several species, including livestock. In this study, we used genomic …

Copy number variations (CNVs) are important genomic structural variations and can give
rise to significant phenotypic diversity. Herein, we used high-density 600K SNP arrays to …

The DNA copy number variations (CNVs) are widely involved in affecting various kinds of
biological functions, such as environmental adaptation. Tibetan sheep and White Suffolk …

Copy number variation (CNV) is a genetic structural polymorphism important for phenotypic
diversity and important economic traits of livestock breeds, and it plays an important role in …

Background In recent years, genome-wide association studies have successfully uncovered
single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with complex traits such as diseases …

Recent studies of mammalian genomes have uncovered the vast extent of copy number
variations (CNVs) that contribute to phenotypic diversity. Compared to SNP, a CNV can …