Article
The domestic dog: man's best friend in the genomic era.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2011
Boyko Adam R
Abstract excerpt
The domestic dog genome--shaped by domestication, adaptation to human-dominated environments and artificial selection--encodes tremendous phenotypic diversity. Recent developments have improved our understanding of the genetics underlying this diversity, unleashing the dog as an important model organism for complex-trait analysis.
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Domestic
- Breeding
- Chromosome Mapping
- Dogs
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genomics
- Genotype
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- Selection, Genetic