Rabbit genome analysis reveals a polygenic basis for phenotypic change during domestication

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Carneiro, Miguel, Rubin, Carl-Johan, Di Palma, Federica, Albert, Frank W., Alföldi, Jessica, Barrio, Alvaro Martinez, Pielberg, Gerli, Rafati, Nima, Sayyab, Shumaila, Turner-Maier, Jason, Younis, Shady, Afonso, Sandra, Aken, Bronwen, Alves, Joel M., Barrell, Daniel, Bolet, Gerard, Boucher, Samuel, Burbano, Hernán A., Campos, Rita, Chang, Jean L., Duranthon, Veronique, Fontanesi, Luca, Garreau, Hervé, Heiman, David, Johnson, Jeremy, Mage, Rose G., Peng, Ze, Queney, Guillaume, Rogel-Gaillard, Claire, Ruffier, Magali, Searle, Steve, Villafuerte, Rafael, Xiong, Anqi, Young, Sarah, Forsberg-Nilsson, Karin, Good, Jeffrey M., Lander, Eric S., Ferrand, Nuno, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin and Andersson, Leif (2014) Rabbit genome analysis reveals a polygenic basis for phenotypic change during domestication. Science, 345 (6200). pp. 1074-1079. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

The genetic changes underlying the initial steps of animal domestication are still poorly understood. We generated a high-quality reference genome for the rabbit and compared it to resequencing data from populations of wild and domestic rabbits. We identified more than 100 selective sweeps specific to domestic rabbits but only a relatively small number of fixed (or nearly fixed) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for derived alleles. SNPs with marked allele frequency differences between wild and domestic rabbits were enriched for conserved noncoding sites. Enrichment analyses suggest that genes affecting brain and neuronal development have often been targeted during domestication. We propose that because of a truly complex genetic background, tame behavior in rabbits and other domestic animals evolved by shifts in allele frequencies at many loci, rather than by critical changes at only a few domestication loci.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging
Related URLs:	https://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2020 00:01
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 00:48
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77203
DOI:	10.1126/science.1253714

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