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Diversifying Selection Between Pure-Breed and Free-Breeding Dogs Inferred from Genome-Wide SNP Analysis.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 9 Aug 2016
Pilot Małgorzata, Malewski Tadeusz, Moura Andre E, Grzybowski Tomasz, Oleński Kamil, Kamiński Stanisław, Fadel Fernanda Ruiz, Alagaili Abdulaziz N, Mohammed Osama B, Bogdanowicz Wiesław
Abstract excerpt
Domesticated species are often composed of distinct populations differing in the character and strength of artificial and natural selection pressures, providing a valuable model to study adaptation. In contrast to pure-breed dogs that constitute artificially maintained inbred lines, free-ranging dogs are typically free-breeding, i.e., unrestrained in mate choice. Many traits in free-breeding dogs (FBDs) may be...
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