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Artificial selection

Artificial and natural selection components reveal the mechanisms of tropical sheep populations against gastrointestinal parasites

Leonardo Sartori Menegatto, Karine Assis Costa, Ricardo Dutra do Bem, Luara Afonso de Freitas, Luiza Vage Coelho Sartori, Elisa Peripolli, Nedenia Bonvino Stafuzza, Claudia Cristina Paro de Paz

published 18 Feb 2026

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Analysis of Anasplatyrhynchos genome resequencing data reveals genetic signatures of artificial selection

Tieshan Xu, Lihong Gu, Haopeng Yu, Xuefei Jiang, Yunsheng Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Guang Rong, Zhengkui Zhou, Kyle M. Schachtschneider, Shuisheng Hou

published 08 Feb 2019

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Identifying artificial selection signals in the chicken genome

Yunlong Ma, Lantao Gu, Liubin Yang, Chenghao Sun, Shengsong Xie, Chengchi Fang, Yangzhang Gong, Shijun Li

published 26 Apr 2018

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Artificial selection increased body weight but induced increase of runs of homozygosity in Hanwoo cattle

Kwondo Kim, Jaehoon Jung, Kelsey Caetano-Anollés, Samsun Sung, DongAhn Yoo, Bong-Hwan Choi, Hyung-Chul Kim, Jin-Young Jeong, Yong-Min Cho, Eung-Woo Park, Tae-Jeong Choi, Byoungho Park, Dajeong Lim, Heebal Kim

published 21 Mar 2018

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Contribution of both positive selection and relaxation of selective constraints to degeneration of flyability during geese domestication

Ye Wang, Yaodong Hu, Daqian He, Shiyi Chen, Siming Li, Dan Lan, Peng Ren, Zhenping Lin, Yiping Liu

published 25 Sep 2017

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The origin and evolution of fibromelanosis in domesticated chickens: Genomic comparison of Indonesian Cemani and Chinese Silkie breeds

Anik Budhi Dharmayanthi, Yohei Terai, Sri Sulandari, M. Syamsul Arifin Zein, Toyoko Akiyama, Yoko Satta

published 05 Apr 2017

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An Experimental Evolution Test of the Relationship between Melanism and Desiccation Survival in Insects

Subhash Rajpurohit, Lisa Marie Peterson, Andrew J. Orr, Anthony J. Marlon, Allen G. Gibbs

published 22 Sep 2016

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Differences in Attack Avoidance and Mating Success between Strains Artificially Selected for Dispersal Distance in Tribolium castaneum

Kentarou Matsumura, Takahisa Miyatake

published 13 May 2015

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Dopamine Receptor Genes and Evolutionary Differentiation in the Domestication of Fighting Cocks and Long-Crowing Chickens

Tomoyoshi Komiyama, Hisakazu Iwama, Naoki Osada, Yoji Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yoshio Tateno, Takashi Gojobori

published 31 Jul 2014

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Evolution of Peromyscus leucopus Mice in Response to a Captive Environment

Robert C. Lacy, Glen Alaks, Allison Walsh

published 06 Aug 2013

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Re-Isolating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from an Amphibian Host Increases Pathogenicity in a Subsequent Exposure

Forrest M. R. Brem, Matthew J. Parris, Gretchen E. Padgett-Flohr

published 06 May 2013

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Allometry of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Domestic Dog

Daniel Frynta, Jana Baudyšová, Petra Hradcová, Kateřina Faltusová, Lukáš Kratochvíl

published 25 Sep 2012

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Eggspot Number and Sexual Selection in the Cichlid Fish Astatotilapia burtoni

Frederico Henning, Axel Meyer

published 24 Aug 2012

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