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A selective sweep of >8 Mb on chromosome 26 in the Boxer genome.
BMC genomics - 1 Jul 2011
Quilez Javier, Short Andrea D, Martínez Verónica, Kennedy Lorna J, Ollier William, Sanchez Armand, Altet Laura, Francino Olga
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Modern dog breeds display traits that are either breed-specific or shared by a few breeds as a result of genetic bottlenecks during the breed creation process and artificial selection for breed standards. Selective sweeps in the genome result from strong selection and can be detected as a reduction or elimination of polymorphism in a given region of the genome. RESULTS: Extended regions of...
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