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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2021

Variants That Differentiate Wolf and Dog Populations Are Enriched in Regulatory Elements.

Pelin Sahlén, Liu Yanhu, Jinrui Xu, Eniko Kubinyi, Guo-Dong Wang, Peter Savolainen

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Pelin SahlénKTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Liu YanhuState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Jinrui XuProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Eniko KubinyiDepartment of Ethology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Guo-Dong WangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Peter SavolainenKTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNScience for Life Laboratory · SEEötvös Loránd University · HUYale University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on the genetics of domestication most often focuses on the protein-coding exons. However, exons cover only a minor part (1-2%) of the canine genome, whereas functional mutations may be located also in regions beyond the exome, in regulatory regions. Therefore, a large proportion of phenotypical differences between dogs and wolves may remain genetically unexplained. In this study, we identified variants that have high allelic frequency differences (i.e., highly differentiated variants) between wolves and dogs across the canine genome and investigated the potential functionality. We found that the enrichment of highly differentiated variants was substantially higher in promoters than in exons and that such variants were enriched also in enhancers. Several enriched pathways were identified including oxytocin signaling, carbohydrate digestion and absorption, cancer risk, and facial and body features, many of which reflect phenotypes of potential importance during domestication, including phenotypes of the domestication syndrome. The results highlight the importance of regulatory mutations during dog domestication and motivate the functional annotation of the noncoding part of the canine genome.

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticPromoter Regions, GeneticAnimalsDogsDomesticationExonsGene FrequencyGenetic VariationWolvescis-regulatory regionsdomesticationepigenetics

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PMID33929504
PMCPMC8086526
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