Fig. 2

Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis of the Russian sheep breeds. The analysis was performed for the first two components (C1 and C2) (a) and for the first and third components (C1 and C3) (b). The coarse wool breeds are indicated in blue; the semi-fine and fine wool breeds are in red and green colors, respectively. For a description of the sheep breeds (see Additional file 1: Table S1, Additional file 2: Table S2)