Signature of Balancing Selection at the MC1R Gene in Kunming Dog Populations

• Guo-dong Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-dong Wang, Lu-guang Cheng

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

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• Lu-guang Cheng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-dong Wang, Lu-guang Cheng

  Affiliation Kunming Police Dog Base, Ministry of Public Security, Kunming, China

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• Ruo-xi Fan,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

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• David M. Irwin,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Shu-sheng Tang,

  Affiliation Kunming Police Dog Base, Ministry of Public Security, Kunming, China

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• Jian-guo Peng,

  Affiliation Kunming Police Dog Base, Ministry of Public Security, Kunming, China

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• Ya-ping Zhang

  * E-mail: zhangyp1@263.net.cn

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

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