In spite of the long‐term interest in the process of balancing selection, its frequency in
genomes and evolutionary significance remain unclear due to challenges related to its …

Key message Structural genome variation is a major determinant of useful trait diversity. We
describe how genome analysis methods are enabling discovery of trait-associated structural …

The Eneolithic Botai culture of the Central Asian steppes provides the earliest
archaeological evidence for horse husbandry,~ 5500 years ago, but the exact nature of early …

Background Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, gave rise to the
two major domestic extant cattle taxa, B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic …

In the past decade, the view on genomic structural variation (SV) has been changed
completely. SVs, previously considered rare events, are now recognized as the largest …

Muscle development and lipid accumulation in muscle critically affect meat quality of
livestock. However, the genetic factors underlying myofiber-type specification and …

Insight into how genomes change and adapt due to selection addresses key questions in
evolutionary biology and in domestication of animals and plants by humans. In that regard …

Next generation sequencing of pooled samples is an effective approach for studies of
variability and differentiation in populations. In this paper we provide a comprehensive set of …

The identification of regions that have undergone selection is one of the principal goals of
theoretical and applied evolutionary genetics. Such studies can also provide information …

Background Unraveling the genetic mechanisms associated with reduced gene flow
between genetically differentiated populations is key to understand speciation. Different …