The origin of domestication genes in goats

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byAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

Goat domestication selection mainly focused on immune and neural genes and involved both standing and introgressed variation.

Citation

Zheng, Z., Wang, X., Li, M., Li, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, X., Pan, X., Gong, M., Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Cai, Y., Chen, Q., Okpeku, M., Colli, L., Cai, D., Wang, K., Huang, S., Sonstegard, T.S., Esmailizadeh, A., Zhang, W., Zhang, T., Xu, Y., Xu, N., Yang, Y., Han, J., Chen, L., Lesur, J., Daly, K.G., Bradley, D.G., Heller, R., Zhang, G., Wang, W., Chen, Y. and Jiang, Y. 2020. The origin of domestication genes in goats. Science Advances (21):eaaz5216.

Authors

  • Zheng, Z.
  • Wang, X.
  • Li, M.
  • Li, Y.
  • Yang, Z.
  • Pan, X.
  • Gong, M.
  • Zhang, Y.
  • Guo, Y.
  • Wang, Y.
  • Liu, J.
  • Cai, Y.
  • Chen, Q.
  • Okpeku, M.
  • Colli, L.
  • Cai, D.
  • Wang, K.
  • Huang, S.
  • Sonstegard, T.S.
  • Esmailizadeh, A.
  • Zhang, W.
  • Zhang, T.
  • Xu, Y.
  • Xu, N.
  • Yang, Y.
  • Han Jianlin
  • Chen, L.
  • Lesur, J.
  • Daly, K.G.
  • Bradley, D.G.
  • Heller, R.
  • Zhang, G.
  • Wang, W.
  • Chen, Y.
  • Jiang, Y.

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