Similar genomic proportions of copy number variation within gray wolves and modern dog breeds inferred from whole genome sequencing.
Aitor Serres-ArmeroInna S PovolotskayaJavier QuilezOscar RamirezGabriel SantpereLukas F K KudernaJessica Hernandez-RodriguezMarcos Fernandez-CallejoDaniel Gomez-SanchezAdam H FreedmanZhenxin FanJohn NovembreArcadi NavarroAdam BoykoRobert WayneCarles VilàBelen Lorente-GaldosTomas Marques-BonetPublished in: BMC genomics (2017)
This work is the first comparison of genome wide CNV patterns in domestic and wild canids using whole-genome sequencing data and our findings contribute to study the impact of novel kinds of genetic changes on the evolution of the domestic dog.