Contributors
Gordon L. Spangler: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Benjamin D. Rosen:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-8346
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Moses Babatunde Ilori: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Olivier Hanotte: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources
Eui-Soo Kim: Role: Formal analysis
Tad S. Sonstegard: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Methodology
Joan M. Burke: Role: Investigation
James L. M. Morgan: Role: Investigation
David R. Notter: Role: Investigation
Curtis P. Van Tassell: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Qin Zhang: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
29
June
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 6
Electronic Location Identifier: e0179021
Affiliations
[1
]Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America
[2
]School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
[3
]Acceligen of Recombinetics Incorporated, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
[4
]Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, Booneville, Arkansas, United States of America
[5
]Katahdin Hair Sheep International, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
[6
]Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United
States of America
China Agricultural University, CHINA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-16-39180
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179021
PMC ID: 5490989
PubMed ID: 28662044
SO-VID: c718dc07-2b50-4b4d-a6ca-8dbd61f5a7d3
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
History
Date
received
: 24
October
2016
Date
accepted
: 23
May
2017
Page count
Figures: 4,
Tables: 2,
Pages: 16
Funding
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000200, United States Agency for International Development;
Award ID: 8042-31000-104-21R
Award Recipient
:
Curtis P. Van Tassell
The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Animals
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Vertebrates
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Amniotes
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Mammals
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Ruminants
Subject:
Sheep
Subject:
People and places
Subject:
Geographical locations
Subject:
North America
Subject:
Caribbean
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
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Evolutionary Biology
Subject:
Evolutionary Systematics
Subject:
Phylogenetics
Subject:
Phylogenetic Analysis
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Taxonomy
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Evolutionary Systematics
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Phylogenetics
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Phylogenetic Analysis
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Computer and Information Sciences
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Data Management
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Taxonomy
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Evolutionary Systematics
Subject:
Phylogenetics
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Phylogenetic Analysis
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Agriculture
Subject:
Animal Products
Subject:
Wool
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
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Evolutionary Biology
Subject:
Evolutionary Processes
Subject:
Introgression
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Engineering and Technology
Subject:
Structural Engineering
Subject:
Structural Analysis
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People and places
Subject:
Geographical locations
Subject:
North America
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Caribbean
Subject:
Barbados
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Animals
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Animal Types
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Domestic Animals
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Zoology
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Animal Types
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Domestic Animals
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