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Reference genome of wild goat (capra aegagrus) and sequencing of goat breeds provide insight into genic basis of goat domestication.
BMC genomics - 5 Jun 2015
Dong Yang, Zhang Xiaolei, Xie Min, Arefnezhad Babak, Wang Zongji, Wang Wenliang, Feng Shaohong, Huang Guodong, Guan Rui, Shen Wenjing, Bunch Rowan, McCulloch Russell, Li Qiye, Li Bo, Zhang Guojie, Xu Xun, Kijas James W, Salekdeh Ghasem Hosseini, Wang Wen, Jiang Yu
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BACKGROUND: Domestic goats (Capra hircus) have been selected to play an essential role in agricultural production systems, since being domesticated from their wild progenitor, bezoar (Capra aegagrus). A detailed understanding of the genetic consequences imparted by the domestication process remains a key goal of evolutionary genomics. RESULTS: We constructed the reference genome of bezoar and sequenced...
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