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; A Blanco-Aguiar, 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

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Daiki X Sato

Nima Rafati

Henrik Ring

Abstract

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 consp...

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