How have sheep breeds differentiated from each other in Morocco? Genetic structure and geographical distribution patterns

Table 1 Pairwise genetic differentiation between breeds

Breed	D’man	Blanche de Montagne	Boujaad	Sardi	Timahdite	Beni Guil	Churra Algarvia
D’man	–	0.007147	0.014738	0.007173	0.006537	0.003274	0.013700
Blanche de Montagne	0.0607***	–	0.012197	0.004843	0.004322	0.003980	0.00646
Boujaad	0.1072***	0.0809***	–	0.012779	0.011389	0.011443	0.014192
Sardi	0.0510***	0.0233***	0.0723***	–	0.004921	0.003597	0.006789
Timahdite	0.0502***	0.0219***	0.0687***	0.0226***	–	0.004123	0.006929
Beni Guil	0.0112 NS	0.0195***	0.0749***	0.0097 NS	0.0202***	–	0.007107
Churra Algarvia	0.1030***	0.0284***	0.0553***	0.0278***	0.0348***	0.0545***	–

Values above the diagonal represent Nei’s genetic distances (D) and values below the diagonal represent F_ST pair-wise values with significance: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; and ***p < 0.001

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