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The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet

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  • Erik Axelsson

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Abhirami Ratnakumar

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Maja-Louise Arendt

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Khurram Maqbool

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Matthew T. Webster

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Michele Perloski

    (Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard)

  • Olof Liberg

    (Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden)

  • Jon M. Arnemo

    (Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, Hedmark University College, Campus Evenstad, NO-2418 Elverum, Norway
    Fish and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden)

  • Åke Hedhammar

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75651 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Kerstin Lindblad-Toh

    (Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
    Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard)

Abstract

Whole-genome resequencing of dogs and wolves helps identify genomic regions that are likely to represent targets for selection during dog domestication.

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  • Erik Axelsson & Abhirami Ratnakumar & Maja-Louise Arendt & Khurram Maqbool & Matthew T. Webster & Michele Perloski & Olof Liberg & Jon M. Arnemo & Åke Hedhammar & Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, 2013. "The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet," Nature, Nature, vol. 495(7441), pages 360-364, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:495:y:2013:i:7441:d:10.1038_nature11837
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11837
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