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SUBMITTER: Fitak RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7305198 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fitak Robert Rodgers RR Mohandesan Elmira E Corander Jukka J Yadamsuren Adiya A Chuluunbat Battsetseg B Abdelhadi Omer O Raziq Abdul A Nagy Peter P Walzer Chris C Faye Bernard B Burger Pamela Anna PA
Communications biology 20200619 1
Domestication begins with the selection of animals showing less fear of humans. In most domesticates, selection signals for tameness have been superimposed by intensive breeding for economical or other desirable traits. Old World camels, conversely, have maintained high genetic variation and lack secondary bottlenecks associated with breed development. By re-sequencing multiple genomes from dromedaries, Bactrian camels, and their endangered wild relatives, here we show that positive selection fo ...[more]