Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

A single generation of domestication heritably alters the expression of hundreds of genes

  • Mark R. Christie,
  • Melanie L. Marine,
  • Samuel E. Fox,
  • Rod A. French,
  • Michael S. Blouin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10676
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Little is known about the genetic underpinnings of the earliest stages of plant and animal domestication. Here, the authors show that steelhead trout respond to a single generation of domestication selection with large, heritable changes in expression of genes regulating immunity and metabolism.