Fig. 5
Genomic regions with strong selection signals in the domesticated sika deer population. A Selection signature plots displaying all the outlier results across the chromosomes detected by five selective sweep methods (FST, XP-CLR, XP-EHH, θπ, and Tajima’s D) in population pair wild vs domesticated. B Genes supported by more than 3 methods were considered as candidate genes in population pair wild vs domesticated. C Overlapping genes from three datasets, namely, genes detected by selective sweep analysis in this study, genes detected with transcriptomic data from different antlers [56], and antler-specific genes from a previous study [57], were used as candidate genes related to antler size to decrease the false-positive rate. D Selective signals detected by five selective sweep methods around the NRP2 (left panel) and EDIL3 (right panel) gene regions in domesticated populations