Domesticated plants have long served as excellent models for studying evolution. Many
genes and mutations underlying important domestication traits have been identified, and …

Vertebrate pigmentation patterns are amongst the best characterised model systems for
studying the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. The wealth of available data on the genetic …

The identification of candidate genes related to pigmentation and under selective sweep
provides insights into the genetic basis of pigmentation and the evolutionary forces that have …

Recent studies in humans and other model organisms have demonstrated that structural
variants (SVs) comprise a substantial proportion of variation among individuals of each …

Background Discerning the traits evolving under neutral conditions from those traits evolving
rapidly because of various selection pressures is a great challenge. We propose a new …

Copy number variation (CNV), which is characterized by large-scale losses or gains of DNA
fragments, contributes significantly to genetic and phenotypic variation. Assessing CNV …

We developed a highly contiguous chromosome-level reference genome for North American
bison to provide a platform to evaluate the conservation, ecological, evolutionary, and …

Background The current large spectrum of sheep phenotypic diversity results from the
combined product of sheep selection for different production traits such as wool, milk and …

The study of Runs of Homozygosity (ROH) is a useful approach for the characterization of
the genome of livestock populations. Due to their high relationship with autozygosity, ROH …

Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinION has proven to be a valuable tool within human and
microbial genetics. Its capacity to produce long reads in real time has opened up unique …