摘要
Domestication of livestock involves drastic phenotypic changes driven by strong artificial selection,such as tame behavior and coat color.These abundant phenotypic variations established during animal domestication have provided valuable resources to study the evolutionary mechanisms underlying domestication.
基金
supported by the grants from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA08010304)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31472000)
the Ministry of Agriculture of China (2016ZX08009003-006)
the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Chinese Academy of Sciences (the Large Research Infrastructure Funding)