Large-scale genomic analysis reveals the genetic cost of chicken domestication

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Authors

Mingshan Wang · Kunming Institute of Zoology

Jin-Jin Zhang · Kunming Institute of Zoology

Xing Guo · Anhui Agricultural University

Ming Li · Chinese Academy of Sciences

Rachel S. Meyer · University of California, Santa Cruz

Hidayat Ashari · Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Zhu-Qing Zheng

Abstract

This study reveals a new landscape of demographic history and genomic changes associated with chicken domestication and provides insight into the evolutionary genomic profiles of domesticated animals managed under modern human selection.

Topics & Keywords

Livestock and Poultry Management RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Animal Nutrition and Physiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Biology

Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 118-118

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01052-x

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