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Yak whole-genome resequencing reveals domestication signatures and prehistoric population expansions.
Nature communications - 22 Dec 2015
Qiu Qiang, Wang Lizhong, Wang Kun, Yang Yongzhi, Ma Tao, Wang Zefu, Zhang Xiao, Ni Zhengqiang, Hou Fujiang, Long Ruijun, Abbott Richard, Lenstra Johannes, Liu Jianquan
Abstract excerpt
Yak domestication represents an important episode in the early human occupation of the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). The precise timing of domestication is debated and little is known about the underlying genetic changes that occurred during the process. Here we investigate genome variation of wild and domestic yaks. We detect signals of selection in 209 genes of domestic yaks, several of which...
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