Article
Genome-wide standing variation facilitates long-term response to bidirectional selection for antibody response in chickens.
BMC genomics - 18 Jan 2017
Lillie Mette, Sheng Zheya, Honaker Christa F, Dorshorst Ben J, Ashwell Christopher M, Siegel Paul B, Carlborg Örjan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long-term selection experiments provide a powerful approach to gain empirical insights into adaptation, allowing researchers to uncover the targets of selection and infer their contributions to the mode and tempo of adaptation. Here we implement a pooled genome re-sequencing approach to investigate the consequences of 39 generations of bidirectional selection in White Leghorn chickens on a humoral...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
