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An intercross population study reveals genes associated with body size and plumage color in ducks.
Nature communications - 17 Jul 2018
Zhou Zhengkui, Li Ming, Cheng Hong, Fan Wenlei, Yuan Zhengrong, Gao Qiang, Xu Yaxi, Guo Zhanbao, Zhang Yunsheng, Hu Jian, Liu Hehe, Liu Dapeng, Chen Weihuang, Zheng Zhuqing, Jiang Yong, Wen Zhiguo, Liu Yongming, Chen Hua, Xie Ming, Zhang Qi, Huang Wei, Wang Wen, Hou Shuisheng, Jiang Yu
Abstract excerpt
Comparative population genomics offers an opportunity to discover the signatures of artificial selection during animal domestication, however, their function cannot be directly revealed. We discover the selection signatures using genome-wide comparisons among 40 mallards, 36 indigenous-breed ducks, and 30 Pekin ducks. Then, the phenotypes are fine-mapped based on resequencing of 1026 ducks from an F2 segregating...
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