Large-scale genomic analysis reveals the genetic cost of chicken domestication.
Ming-Shan WangJin-Jin ZhangXing GuoMing LiRachel MeyerHidayat AshariZhu-Qing ZhengSheng WangMin-Sheng PengYu JiangMukesh ThakurChatmongkon SuwannapoomAli EsmailizadehNalini Yasoda HirimuthugodaMoch Syamsul Arifin ZeinSzilvia KuszaHamed Kharrati-KoopaeeLin ZengYun-Mei WangTing-Ting YinMin-Min YangMing-Li LiXue-Mei LuEmiliano LasagnaSimone CeccobelliHumpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisanka GunwardanaThilina Madusanka SenasigShao-Hong FengHao ZhangAbul Kashem Fazlul Haque BhuiyanMuhammad Sajjad KhanGamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa SilvaLe Thi ThuyOkeyo A MwaiMohamed Nawaz Mohamed IbrahimGuojie ZhangKai-Xing QuOlivier HanotteBeth ShapiroMirte BosseDong-Dong WuJian-Lin HanYa-Ping ZhangPublished in: BMC biology (2021)
This study reveals a new landscape of demographic history and genomic changes associated with chicken domestication and provides insight into the evolutionary genomic profiles of domesticated animals managed under modern human selection.