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Table 1 Signatures of selection identified between resistant (Katahdin or St. Croix) and susceptible (Dorper) sheep breeds. Breeds compared (comparison), gene name, gene region, SNP name (chromosome and position), SNP, mutation type (synonymous or missense), and Fst value for the SNPs under selection

From: Signatures of selection for resistance to Haemonchus contortus in sheep and goats

Comparison

Gene

Region

SNP name

SNP

MAF

Mutation

Fst (Bayesian)

Fst (Frequentist)

alpha

Katahdin and St. Croix vs Dorper

(Resistant and Resistant vs Susceptible)

CSF3

5’UTR

OAR11:39857496

G/A

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.19, Spanish: 0.35

 

0.31

0.35

1

NOS2

Exon 7

OAR11:18963484

A/G

Dorper: 0.21, Katahdin: 0.19, Spanish: 0.23

Synonymous (Ile → Ile)

0.36

0.35

0.67

NOS2

Exon 16

OAR11:18963494

T/C

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.19, Spanish: 0.25

Synonymous (Leu → Leu)

0.33

0.35

0.55

TGFB2

3’UTR

OAR12:19965761

A/C

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.12, Spanish: 0.16

 

0.26

0.57

0.52

IL2RA

Intron 5

OAR13:10442920

C/A

Dorper: 0.55, Katahdin: 0, Spanish: 0

 

0.24

0.21

0.6

IL2RA

Intron 5

OAR13:10442953

A/G

Dorper: 0.43, Katahdin: 0, Spanish: 0

 

0.23

0.21

0.55

Katahdin vs Dorper (Resistant vs Susceptible)

SOCS2

Exon 2

OAR3:129558034

C/T

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.19

Synonymous (Ile → Ile)

0.25

0.6

0.53

SOCS2

3′ UTR

OAR3:129558430

G/A

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.19

 

0.21

0.56

0.39

NOS2

Exon 7

OAR11:18963484

A/G

Dorper: 0.21, Katahdin: 0.19

Synonymous (Ile → Ile)

0.36

0.59

1

NOS2

Exon 16

OAR11:18963494

T/C

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.19

Synonymous (Leu → Leu)

0.33

0.56

0.97

TGFB2

3’UTR

OAR12:19965761

A/C

Dorper: 0.20, Katahdin: 0.12

 

0.26

0.57

0.6

TGFB2

3’UTR

OAR12:19965865

A/C

Dorper: 0.05, Katahdin: 0.29

 

0.25

0.51

0.5

IL2RA

Intron 5

OAR13:10442920

C/A

Dorper: 0.55, Katahdin: 0

 

0.24

0.21

0.42

IL2RA

Intron 5

OAR13:10442953

A/G

Dorper: 0.43, Katahdin: 0

 

0.23

0.22

0.39

St. Croix vs Dorper (Resistant vs Susceptible)

C3AR1

3’UTR

OAR3:206099209

T/A

Dorper: 0, Spanish: 0.42

 

0.21

0.35

0.52

CSF3

5’UTR

OAR11:39857496

G/A

Dorper: 0.20, Spanish: 0.35

 

0.34

0.48

1

STAT5B

Intron 16

OAR11:41755713

G/A

Dorper: 0.20, Spanish: 0.48

 

0.28

0.36

0.76

TGFB2

3’UTR

OAR12:19965761

A/C

Dorper: 0.20, Spanish: 0.16

 

0.23

0.55

0.49

IL2RA

Intron 5

OAR13:10442920

C/A

Dorper: 0.55, Spanish: 0

 

0.21

0.21

0.4