Brain Transcriptomics of Wild and Domestic Rabbits Suggests That Changes in Dopamine Signaling and Ciliary Function Contributed to Evolution of Tameness

X. Sato, Daiki; Rafati, Nima; Ring, Henrik; Younis, Shady; Feng, Chungang; Blanco, José; Rubin, Carl‐Johan; Villafuerte, Rafael; Hallböök, Finn; Carneiro, Miguel; Andersson, Leif

doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa158

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Brain Transcriptomics of Wild and Domestic Rabbits Suggests That Changes in Dopamine Signaling and Ciliary Function Contributed to Evolution of Tameness

Published in Genome Biology and Evolution • Aug 20, 2020

Authors:

Daiki X. Sato

Nima Rafati

Henrik Ring

Abstract

Domestication has resulted in immense phenotypic changes in animals despite their relatively short evolutionary history. The European rabbit is one of the most recently domesticated animals, but exhibits distinct morphological, physiological, and behavioral differences from their wild conspecifics. ...

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Biology

Domestication

Gene

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