Article
Genomic signatures of domestication on neurogenetic genes in Drosophila melanogaster.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 Jan 2016
Stanley Craig E, Kulathinal Rob J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Domesticated animals quickly evolve docile and submissive behaviors after isolation from their wild conspecifics. Model organisms reared for prolonged periods in the laboratory also exhibit similar shifts towards these domesticated behaviors. Yet whether this divergence is due to inadvertent selection in the lab or the fixation of deleterious mutations remains unknown. RESULTS: Here, we compare the...
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