Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation
University of KwaZulu-Natal (None)
Article History
Received: 30 November 2020
Accepted: 7 December 2020
First Online: 6 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project was granted access and used DNA material from the Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute (GADI), South Africa’s Biobank and from a previous study by Dr. Pranisha Soma. The SNP50K genotypes for the global populations were accessed with permission from the International Sheep Genome Consortium database.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.