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Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog

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Broad Sequencing Platform members, Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin, Wade, Claire M, Mikkelsen, Tarjei S., Karlsson, Elinor K., Jaffe, David B., Kamal, Michael, Clamp, Michele +39 more·2005·Nature

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Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris), together with a dense map of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across breeds. The dog is of particular interest because it provides important evolutionary information and because existing breeds show great phenotypic diversity for morphological, physiological and behavioural traits. We use sequence comparison with the primate and rodent lineages to shed light on the structure and evolution of genomes and genes. Notably, the majority of the most highly conserved non-coding sequences in mammalian genomes are clustered near a small subset of genes with important roles in development. Analysis of SNPs reveals long-range haplotypes across the entire dog genome, and defines the nature of genetic diversity within and across breeds. The current SNP map now makes it possible for genome-wide association studies to identify genes responsible for diseases and traits, with important consequences for human and companion animal health.

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  • The isolation of strains and breeds in mouse, rat, cow, and dog results in much longer block lengths than are found in humans.

    “The isolation of strains and breeds in these species results in much longer block lengths than are found in humans.”

    From Linkage disequilibrium--understanding the evolutionary past and mapping the medical future. (2008) · cites this paper as [24]

    The dog haplotype analysis (section labelled “see section ‘Resolving canid phylogeny’”; page unavailable) reports that linkage disequilibrium within dog breeds extends several megabases, compared with a rapid decline in the human population, and links the dog pattern to breed-creation bottlenecks. It does not establish longer haplotype blocks for mouse, rat, or cow. It also reports that ancestral dog haplotype blocks are shorter than human blocks, so the supported comparison is specifically long-range linkage disequilibrium within breeds, not a blanket comparison of block lengths. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Dogs were domesticated from grey wolves at least 15 000-50 000 years ago, through both natural and artificial selection.

    “Dogs were domesticated from grey wolves at least 15 000–50 000 years ago, through both natural and artificial selection [16,17].”

    From Are dark-eyed dogs favoured by humans? Domestication as a potential driver of iris colour difference between dogs and wolves (2023) · cites this paper as [16]

    The Abstract says dogs were domesticated from grey wolves at least 15,000 years ago, possibly as far back as 100,000 years ago, and describes later selective breeding by humans. It does not give 50,000 years as a bound or explicitly attribute domestication to both natural and artificial selection. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The median synonymous substitution rate (Ks) of 1:1 opossum-human orthologues is 1.02.

    “The median value of K S is 1.02.”
  • Most evolutionarily conserved sequence in eutherian genomes is not protein-coding but consists of conserved non-coding elements.

    “The most surprising discovery to emerge from comparative analyses of eutherian genomes is the finding that the majority of evolutionarily conserved sequence does not represent protein-coding genes, but rather are conserved non-coding elements (CNEs) 7,10 .”
  • The proportion of eutherian-specific CNEs recognizable as transposable-element-derived, 16%, is very similar to the proportion of total aligned sequence between human, mouse and dog recognizable as ancestral transposable elements, about 17% of about 812 Mb, most of which is inactive.

    “Strikingly, the proportion of eutherian-specific CNEs recognizable as transposable-element-derived (16%) is very similar to the proportion of the total aligned sequence between the human, mouse and dog genomes recognizable as ancestral transposable elements (,17% of ,812 Mb; the vast majority of which is inactive) 10 .”

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members, B. S. P., Lindblad-Toh, K., Wade, C. M., Mikkelsen, T. S., Karlsson, E. K., Jaffe, D. B., Kamal, M., Clamp, M., Chang, J. L., Kulbokas, E. J., Zody, M. C., Mauceli, E., Xie, X., Breen, M., Wayne, R. K., Ostrander, E. A., Ponting, C. P., Galibert, F., Smith, D. R., deJong, P. J., Kirkness, E., Alvarez, P., Biagi, T., Brockman, W., Butler, J., Chin, C.-W., Cook, A., Cuff, J., Daly, M. J., DeCaprio, D., Gnerre, S., Grabherr, M., Kellis, M., Kleber, M., Bardeleben, C., Goodstadt, L., Heger, A., Hitte, C., Kim, L., Koepfli, K.-P., Parker, H. G., Pollinger, J. P., Searle, S. M. J., Sutter, N. B., Thomas, R., Webber, C., & Lander, E. S.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • North Carolina State University (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Lander, Eric S.
Venue
Nature
Published
2005-12
Volume
438
Issue
7069
Pages
803-819
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2114611642
Cited by
2,568
References
115
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84.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
dogs, single nucleotide polymorphisms, breed genetic diversity, haplotype structure, genome evolution, comparative genomics, conserved non-coding elements, genome-wide association study, dog breeds
MeSH terms
Animals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Female, Haplotypes, Humans, Hybridization, Genetic, Male, Mutagenesis, Genome, Conserved Sequence, Evolution, Molecular, Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genomics, Synteny, Mice, Rats

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