Fig. 2

A MDS plot indicating the genetic relationship between Faroese sheep and nine other Northern European breeds with genotyping data in the Sheep HapMap database. Faroese and Icelandic animals, together with Norwegian Spael, Finnsheep, Soay and Boreray belong to Northern European short-tailed sheep. B MDS plot including all sheep breeds in the HapMap database, together with Faroese sheep and the Norwegian White Sheep (NKS). Note how the Northern European short-tailed sheep stand out from the remaining global breeds, and that Faroese animals keep their peripheral position, while Soay and Boreray moved closer to Norwegian Spael