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The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans

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  • Guo-dong Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Weiwei Zhai

    (Center for Computational Biology and Laboratory of Disease Genomics and Individualized Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • He-chuan Yang

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Ruo-xi Fan

    (Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University)

  • Xue Cao

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Li Zhong

    (Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University)

  • Lu Wang

    (Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University)

  • Fei Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hong Wu

    (Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University)

  • Lu-guang Cheng

    (Kunming Police Dog Base, Ministry of Public Security, Heilongtan)

  • Andrei D. Poyarkov

    (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Science)

  • Nikolai A. Poyarkov JR

    (Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

  • Shu-sheng Tang

    (Kunming Police Dog Base, Ministry of Public Security, Heilongtan)

  • Wen-ming Zhao

    (Center for Computational Biology and Laboratory of Disease Genomics and Individualized Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yun Gao

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xue-mei Lv

    (Center for Computational Biology and Laboratory of Disease Genomics and Individualized Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • David M. Irwin

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle)

  • Peter Savolainen

    (School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Tomtebodavägen 23A)

  • Chung-I Wu

    (Center for Computational Biology and Laboratory of Disease Genomics and Individualized Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chicago)

  • Ya-ping Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
    Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University)

Abstract

The genetic bases of demographic changes and artificial selection underlying domestication are of great interest in evolutionary biology. Here we perform whole-genome sequencing of multiple grey wolves, Chinese indigenous dogs and dogs of diverse breeds. Demographic analysis show that the split between wolves and Chinese indigenous dogs occurred 32,000 years ago and that the subsequent bottlenecks were mild. Therefore, dogs may have been under human selection over a much longer time than previously concluded, based on molecular data, perhaps by initially scavenging with humans. Population genetic analysis identifies a list of genes under positive selection during domestication, which overlaps extensively with the corresponding list of positively selected genes in humans. Parallel evolution is most apparent in genes for digestion and metabolism, neurological process and cancer. Our study, for the first time, draws together humans and dogs in their recent genomic evolution.

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  • Guo-dong Wang & Weiwei Zhai & He-chuan Yang & Ruo-xi Fan & Xue Cao & Li Zhong & Lu Wang & Fei Liu & Hong Wu & Lu-guang Cheng & Andrei D. Poyarkov & Nikolai A. Poyarkov JR & Shu-sheng Tang & Wen-ming Z, 2013. "The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2814
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2814
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