2n = 54; some wild sheep have higher number of chromosomes. A medium-density linkage map of 1062 unique loci became available by 2001 and has helped in mapping the cattle and goat genomes (Maddox JF et al 2001 Genome Res 11:1275; Cockett NE et al 2001 Physiol Genomics 7:69; http://www.wool.com.au/LivePage.aspx?pageld= 116#mainBody; http://www.angis.org.au/Databases/BIRX/mis/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/sheep).
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(2008). Sheep, Domesticated (Ovis aries). In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_15531
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