Beijing Black pig is an excellent cultivated black pig breed in China, with desirable body
shape, tender meat quality and robust disease resistance. To explore the level of admixture …

Whole genome sequences (WGS) greatly increase our ability to precisely infer population
genetic parameters, demographic processes, and selection signatures. However, WGS may …

Ecological transitions across salinity boundaries have led to some of the most important
diversification events in the animal kingdom, especially among fishes. Adaptations …

Domestication is the result of a separation of a species from its natural ecological context, its
integration into the human household and modification under anthropogenic-driven …

With the generation of more than 100 sequenced vertebrate genomes in less than 25 years,
the key question arises of how these resources can be used to inform new or ongoing …

The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at
different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has …

Background Meishan is a pig breed indigenous to China and famous for its high fecundity.
The traits of Meishan are strongly associated with its distinct evolutionary history and …

The identification of genome-wide selection signatures can provide insights on the
mechanisms of natural and/or artificial selection and uncover genes related to biological …

Background Throughout a long period of adaptation and selection, sheep have thrived in a
diverse range of ecological environments. Mongolian sheep is the common ancestor of the …

As noted by Darwin, chickens have the greatest phenotypic diversity of all birds, but an
interesting evolutionary difference between domestic chickens and their wild ancestor, the …