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The evolutionary origin and domestication history of goldfish (Carassius auratus).
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 11/24/2020, Vol. 117 Issue 47, p29775-29785, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Goldfish have been subjected to over 1,000 y of intensive domestication and selective breeding. In this report, we describe a highquality goldfish genome (2n = 100), anchoring 95.75% of contigs into 50 pseudochromosomes. Comparative genomics enabled us to disentangle the two subgenomes that resulted from an ancient hybridization event. Resequencing 185 representative goldfish variants and 16 wild crucian carp revealed the origin of goldfish and identified genomic regions that have been shaped by selective sweeps linked to its domestication. Our comprehensive collection of goldfish varieties enabled us to associate genetic variations with a number of well-known anatomical features, including features that distinguish traditional goldfish clades. Additionally, we identified a tyrosine-protein kinase receptor as a candidate causal gene for the first well-known case of Mendelian inheritance in goldfish--the transparent mutant. The goldfish genome and diversity data offer unique resources to make goldfish a promising model for functional genomics, as well as domestication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GOLDFISH
CRUCIAN carp
BREEDING
FUNCTIONAL genomics
COMPARATIVE genomics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 117
- Issue :
- 47
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147308923
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005545117