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Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats

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  • Florian J. Alberto

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA)

  • Frédéric Boyer

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA)

  • Pablo Orozco-terWengel

    (School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue)

  • Ian Streeter

    (Wellcome Genome Campus)

  • Bertrand Servin

    (Université de Toulouse)

  • Pierre Villemereuil

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA
    CEFE-CNRS, UMR 5175)

  • Badr Benjelloun

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA
    Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Maroc (INRA-Maroc), Centre Régional de Beni Mellal)

  • Pablo Librado

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark)

  • Filippo Biscarini

    (PTP Science Park, Bioinformatics Unit, Via Einstein-Loc. Cascina Codazza
    CNR-IBBA)

  • Licia Colli

    (Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore
    BioDNA - Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e DNA Antico, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentarie e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore)

  • Mario Barbato

    (School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue
    Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore)

  • Wahid Zamani

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA
    Tarbiat Modares University)

  • Adriana Alberti

    (CEA - Institut de biologie François-Jacob, Genoscope)

  • Stefan Engelen

    (CEA - Institut de biologie François-Jacob, Genoscope)

  • Alessandra Stella

    (PTP Science Park, Bioinformatics Unit, Via Einstein-Loc. Cascina Codazza)

  • Stéphane Joost

    (Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems (LASIG), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Paolo Ajmone-Marsan

    (Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore
    BioDNA - Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e DNA Antico, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentarie e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore)

  • Riccardo Negrini

    (BioDNA - Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e DNA Antico, Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentarie e Ambientali, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore
    AIA Associazione Italiana Allevatori)

  • Ludovic Orlando

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark
    Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier)

  • Hamid Reza Rezaei

    (Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources)

  • Saeid Naderi

    (University of Guilan)

  • Laura Clarke

    (Wellcome Genome Campus)

  • Paul Flicek

    (Wellcome Genome Campus)

  • Patrick Wincker

    (CEA - Institut de biologie François-Jacob, Genoscope
    CNRS, UMR 8030
    Université d’Evry, UMR 8030)

  • Eric Coissac

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA)

  • James Kijas

    (CSIRO Agriculture)

  • Gwenola Tosser-Klopp

    (Université de Toulouse)

  • Abdelkader Chikhi

    (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Maroc (INRA-Maroc), Centre Régional d’Errachidia)

  • Michael W. Bruford

    (School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue
    Cardiff University)

  • Pierre Taberlet

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA)

  • François Pompanon

    (Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA)

Abstract

The evolutionary basis of domestication has been a longstanding question and its genetic architecture is becoming more tractable as more domestic species become genome-enabled. Before becoming established worldwide, sheep and goats were domesticated in the fertile crescent 10,500 years before present (YBP) where their wild relatives remain. Here we sequence the genomes of wild Asiatic mouflon and Bezoar ibex in the sheep and goat domestication center and compare their genomes with that of domestics from local, traditional, and improved breeds. Among the genomic regions carrying selective sweeps differentiating domestic breeds from wild populations, which are associated among others to genes involved in nervous system, immunity and productivity traits, 20 are common to Capra and Ovis. The patterns of selection vary between species, suggesting that while common targets of selection related to domestication and improvement exist, different solutions have arisen to achieve similar phenotypic end-points within these closely related livestock species.

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  • Florian J. Alberto & Frédéric Boyer & Pablo Orozco-terWengel & Ian Streeter & Bertrand Servin & Pierre Villemereuil & Badr Benjelloun & Pablo Librado & Filippo Biscarini & Licia Colli & Mario Barbato , 2018. "Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-03206-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03206-y
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