The long-term restoration of ecosystem complexity

D Moreno-Mateos, A Alberdi, E Morriën… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple large-scale restoration strategies are emerging globally to counteract ecosystem
degradation and biodiversity loss. However, restoration often remains insufficient to offset …

Asian water buffalo: domestication, history and genetics

Y Zhang, L Colli, JSF Barker - Animal genetics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is found on all five continents, with a
global population of some 202 million. The livelihoods of more people depend on this …

Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

MP Verdugo, VE Mullin, A Scheu, V Mattiangeli… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals
regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations …

Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary …

Y Zhou, L Yang, X Han, J Han, Y Hu, F Li… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
A cattle pangenome representation was created based on the genome sequences of 898
cattle representing 57 breeds. The pangenome identified 83 Mb of sequence not found in …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and transcriptomic variation defines the chromosome-scale assembly of Haemonchus contortus, a model gastrointestinal worm

SR Doyle, A Tracey, R Laing, N Holroyd… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Haemonchus contortus is a globally distributed and economically important gastrointestinal
pathogen of small ruminants and has become a key nematode model for studying …

[HTML][HTML] Long read genome assemblies complemented by single cell RNA-sequencing reveal genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying the adaptive evolution of …

X Gao, S Wang, YF Wang, S Li, SX Wu, RG Yan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Wild yak (Bos mutus) and domestic yak (Bos grunniens) are adapted to high altitude
environment and have ecological, economic, and cultural significances on the Qinghai …

[HTML][HTML] Computational methods for chromosome-scale haplotype reconstruction

S Garg - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
High-quality chromosome-scale haplotype sequences of diploid genomes, polyploid
genomes, and metagenomes provide important insights into genetic variation associated …

Improved assembly and variant detection of a haploid human genome using single‐molecule, high‐fidelity long reads

MR Vollger, GA Logsdon, PA Audano… - Annals of human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The sequence and assembly of human genomes using long‐read sequencing technologies
has revolutionized our understanding of structural variation and genome organization. We …

[HTML][HTML] A cattle graph genome incorporating global breed diversity

A Talenti, J Powell, JD Hemmink, EAJ Cook… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite only 8% of cattle being found in Europe, European breeds dominate current genetic
resources. This adversely impacts cattle research in other important global cattle breeds …

[HTML][HTML] A new domestic cat genome assembly based on long sequence reads empowers feline genomic medicine and identifies a novel gene for dwarfism

RM Buckley, BW Davis, WA Brashear, FHG Farias… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The domestic cat (Felis catus) numbers over 94 million in the USA alone, occupies
households as a companion animal, and, like humans, suffers from cancer and common and …