Revisiting the evolutionary history of domestic and wild ducks based on genomic analyses

Revisiting the evolutionary history of domestic and wild ducks based on genomic analyses

Although domestic ducks have been important poultry species throughout human history, their origin remains enigmatic, with mallards and/or Chinese spot-billed ducks being proposed as the direct wild ancestor(s) of domestic ducks. Here, we analyzed 118 whole genomes from mallard, Chinese spot-billed,...

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Main Authors: Xing Guo, Xin-Xin He, Hong Chen, Zhi-Cheng Wang, Hui-Fang Li, Jiang-Xian Wang, Ming-Shan Wang, Run-Shen Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2021-01-01
Series:Zoological Research
Subjects:
duck
population structure
demographic histories
domestication
Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.133

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http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.133

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