Article
A chromosome-scale reference genome and genome-wide genetic variations elucidate adaptation in yak.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Jan 2021
Ji Qiu-Mei, Xin Jin-Wei, Chai Zhi-Xin, Zhang Cheng-Fu, Dawa Yangla, Luo Sang, Zhang Qiang, Pingcuo Zhandui, Peng Min-Sheng, Zhu Yong, Cao Han-Wen, Wang Hui, Han Jian-Lin, Zhong Jin-Cheng
Abstract excerpt
Yak is an important livestock animal for the people indigenous to the harsh, oxygen-limited Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Hindu Kush ranges of the Himalayas. The yak genome was sequenced in 2012, but its assembly was fragmented because of the inherent limitations of the Illumina sequencing technology used to analyse it. An accurate and complete reference genome is essential for the study of genetic variations in...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- China
- Chromosomes
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Tibet