RESEARCH ARTICLE Genomic characterization of the Braque FrancËais type PyreÂneÂes dog and relationship with other breeds 1☯ 2☯ 1 3 Salvatore MastrangeloID , Filippo BiscariniID *, Marco Tolone , Barbara Auzino , 4 5,6 3,6 Marco Ragatzu , Andrea Spaterna , Roberta CiampoliniID 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 2 CNR-IBBA, Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy, 3 Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, V.le delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy, 4 Club Italiano Braque FrancËais Type PyreÂneÂes, Capalbio, GR, Italy, 5 Scuola di Scienze a1111111111 Mediche Veterinarie, University of Camerino, Matelica, MC, Italy, 6 Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca e di a1111111111 Consulenza sulla Genetica e la Clinica del cane, Matelica, MC, Italy a1111111111 a1111111111 ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS The evaluation of genetic variability is a useful research tool for the correct management of Citation: Mastrangelo S, Biscarini F, Tolone M, selection and conservation strategies in dog breeds. In addition to pedigree genealogies, Auzino B, Ragatzu M, Spaterna A, et al. (2018) genomic data allow a deeper knowledge of the variability and genetic structure of popula- Genomic characterization of the Braque FrancËais tions. To date, many dog breeds, such as small regional breeds, still remain uncharacter- type PyreÂneÂes dog and relationship with other breeds. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208548. https://doi. ized. Braque FrancËais type PyreÂneÂes (BRA) is a dog breed originating from a very old type org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208548 of gun-dog used for pointing the location of game birds to hunters.