Analysis of pooled genome sequences from Djallonke and Sahelian sheep of Ghana reveals co-localisation of regions of reduced heterozygosity with candidate genes for disease resistance and adaptation to a tropical environment

Table 2 Comparison of the Djallonke and the Sahelian Genomes

Chromosome	Length (bases)	Djallonke		Sahelian
Chromosome	Length (bases)	Variants	Ratio of nucleotides to variants	Variants	Ratio of nucleotides to variants
1	275,612,895	1,415,883	194	1,397,799	197
2	248,993,846	1,252,169	198	1,236,471	201
3	224,283,230	1,126,647	199	1,112,239	201
4	119,255,633	614,660	194	606,652	196
5	107,901,688	547,117	197	540,304	199
6	117,031,472	638,104	183	629,707	185
7	100,079,507	521,899	191	514,989	194
8	90,695,168	463,424	195	457,602	198
9	94,726,778	508,149	186	501,452	188
10	86,447,213	458,020	188	451,926	191
11	62,248,096	309,854	200	305,905	203
12	79,100,223	418,404	189	412,899	191
13	83,079,144	420,072	197	414,577	200
14	62,722,625	313,626	199	309,445	202
15	80,923,592	431,999	187	426,246	189
16	71,719,816	397,765	180	392,498	182
17	72,286,588	390,027	185	384,875	187
18	68,604,602	361, 551	189	356,643	192
19	60,464,314	314,693	192	310,777	194
20	51,176,841	272,206	188	268,369	190
21	50,073,674	279,334	179	275,226	181
22	50,832,532	279,610	181	275,533	184
23	62,330,649	342,228	182	337,640	184
24	42,034,648	233,669	179	230,626	182
25	45,367,442	259,240	175	256,130	177
26	44,077,779	251,486	175	248,131	177
Total	2,452,069,995	12,821,836	191	12,654,761	193

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