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EPAS1 variants in high altitude Tibetan wolves were selectively introgressed into highland dogs

BACKGROUND: Admixture can facilitate adaptation. For example, black wolves have obtained the variant causing black coat color through past hybridization with domestic dogs and have higher fitness than gray colored wolves. Another recent example of the transfer of adaptive variation between the two s...

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Autores principales: vonHoldt, Bridgett, Fan, Zhenxin, Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Diego, Wayne, Robert K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28717592
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3522