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SUBMITTER: Srikanth K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853925 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Srikanth Krishnamoorthy K Kim Nam-Young NY Park WonCheoul W Kim Jae-Min JM Kim Kwon-Do KD Lee Kyung-Tai KT Son Ju-Hwan JH Chai Han-Ha HH Choi Jung-Woo JW Jang Gul-Won GW Kim Heebal H Ryu Youn-Chul YC Nam Jin-Wu JW Park Jong-Eun JE Kim Jun-Mo JM Lim Dajeong D
Scientific reports 20191113 1
The Jeju horse, indigenous to the Jeju Island in Korea may have originated from Mongolian horses. Adaptations to the local harsh environment have conferred Jeju horse with unique traits such as small-sized body, stocky head, and shorter limbs. These characteristics have not been studied previously at the genomic level. Therefore, we sequenced and compared the genome of 41 horses belonging to 6 breeds. We identified numerous breed-specific non-synonymous SNPs and loss-of-function mutants. Demogra ...[more]