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Table 5 Regions of reduced heterozygosity (RORH) in Djallonke and Sahelian sheep co-localised with reported candidate genes for resistance to nematodes

From: 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

Sheep breed

Genomic region (bp) co-localised with RORH (Oar_v3.1)

Candidate Gene

Trait Inference

Reference

Both

20:25,400,738-25,402,966

MHCII-DRB1

Gastrointestinal nematodes

Schwaiger et al. (1995)

Djallonke

1:27,524,283-27,601,025

LRP8

H. contortus

Benavides et al. (2016)

Djallonke

1:87,657,990-87,674,113

DENND2D

H. contortus

McRae et al. (2014)

Djallonke

1:87,710,082-87,728,410

CHI3L2

H. contortus

McRae et al. (2014)

Djallonke

1:87,788,905-87,811,255

CHIA

H. contortus

McRae et al. (2014)

Djallonke

3:151,527,165-151,535,188

IFNG

Mixed intestinal parasites

Coltman et al., 2001

Djallonke

3:123,851,175-125,982,479

ATP2B1

H. contortus

Benavides et al. (2016)

Djallonke

8:62,006,022-62,039,859

IL20RA

H. contortus + others

Periasamy et al., 2014

Both

12:41,923,922-41,973,979

PIK3CD

H. contortus + others

Periasamy et al., 2014

Djallonke

12:62,163,057-62,283,591

LAMC1

H. contortus

Benavides et al. (2016)

Both

15:55,404,807-55,417,235

MUC15

H. contortus

Benavides et al. (2016)

Djallonke

17:52,168,248-52,191,479

ABCB9

H. contortus

Yang et al., 2015

Djallonke

10:11,465,154-11,505,274

SUGT1

H. contortus

Yang et al., 2015

Djallonke

14:48,062,306-48,071,138

PAK4

H. contortus

Yang et al., 2015

Djallonke

14:14,206,784-14,215,316

FCER2

H. contortus

Yang et al., 2015

Djallonke

4:44,668,137-45,205,142

RELN

H. contortus

McRae et al., 2014

Djallonke

6:89,053,717-89,061,196

AREG

H. contortus

Zhengyu et al., 2016

Djallonke

11:57,796,766-57,800,093

SOX9

H. contortus

Benavides et al., 2016

Djallonke

6:70,189,729-70,234,612

KIT

H. contortus

Zhengyu et al., 2016

Djallonke

16:66,450,575-66,482,861

NSUN2

H. contortus

McRae et al., 2014

Both

19:47,044,394-47,059,322

IL17RB

H. contortus

Zhengyu et al., 2016

Djallonke

19:55,173,564-55,175,033

HRH1

H. contortus

McRae et al., 2014

Djallonke

25:44,535,996-44,543,183

CXCL12

H. contortus

Zhengyu et al., 2016

Djallonke

19:53,290,059-53,291,096

CXCR6

H. contortus

Zhengyu et al., 2016

Djallonke

20:34,055,201-34,055,659

UBE2N

H. contortus

Benavides et al., 2016