Demographic history, selection and functional diversity of the canine genome

EA Ostrander, RK Wayne, AH Freedman… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The domestic dog represents one of the most dramatic long-term evolutionary experiments
undertaken by humans. From a large wolf-like progenitor, unparalleled diversity in …

[HTML][HTML] Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs

A Bergström, DWG Stanton, UH Taron, L Frantz… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and
they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal …

PLAG1 and NCAPG‐LCORL in livestock

A Takasuga - Animal Science Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A recent progress on stature genetics has revealed simple genetic architecture in livestock
animals in contrast to that in humans. PLAG1 and/or NCAPG‐LCORL, both of which are …

OptM: estimating the optimal number of migration edges on population trees using Treemix

RR Fitak - Biology Methods and Protocols, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The software Treemix has become extensively used to estimate the number of migration
events, or edges (m), on population trees from genome-wide allele frequency data …

[HTML][HTML] Whole genome sequencing of canids reveals genomic regions under selection and variants influencing morphology

J Plassais, J Kim, BW Davis, DM Karyadi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Domestic dog breeds are characterized by an unrivaled diversity of morphologic traits and
breed-associated behaviors resulting from human selective pressures. To identify the …

Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs

LAF Frantz, VE Mullin, M Pionnier-Capitan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic
sequences from 59 ancient dogs and a complete (28x) genome of a late Neolithic dog …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analyses reveal the influence of geographic origin, migration, and hybridization on modern dog breed development

HG Parker, DL Dreger, M Rimbault, BW Davis… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
There are nearly 400 modern domestic dog breeds with a unique histories and genetic
profiles. To track the genetic signatures of breed development, we have assembled the most …

FEELnc: a tool for long non-coding RNA annotation and its application to the dog transcriptome

V Wucher, F Legeai, B Hédan, G Rizk… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) has become a standard for cataloguing and
monitoring RNA populations. One of the main bottlenecks, however, is to correctly identify …

[HTML][HTML] Cheese rind communities provide tractable systems for in situ and in vitro studies of microbial diversity

BE Wolfe, JE Button, M Santarelli, RJ Dutton - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Tractable microbial communities are needed to bridge the gap between observations of
patterns of microbial diversity and mechanisms that can explain these patterns. We …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture

JRS Meadows, JM Kidd, GD Wang, HG Parker… - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The international Dog10K project aims to sequence and analyze
several thousand canine genomes. Incorporating 20× data from 1987 individuals, including …