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

Erik Axelsson (), Abhirami Ratnakumar, Maja-Louise Arendt, Khurram Maqbool, Matthew T. Webster, Michele Perloski, Olof Liberg, Jon M. Arnemo, Åke Hedhammar and Kerstin Lindblad-Toh ()
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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
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

Nature, 2013, vol. 495, issue 7441, 360-364

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

Date: 2013
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