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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Genomic characterization of the world’s longest selection experiment in mouse reveals the complexity of polygenic traits
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Open AccessGenomic characterization of the world’s longest selection experiment in mouse reveals the complexity of polygenic traits
Long-term selection experiments are a powerful tool to understand the genetic background of complex traits. The longest of such experiments has been conducted in the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology ...
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Open AccessPopulation and landscape genetic analysis of the Malayan sun bear Helarctos malayanus
Conservation genetics can provide data needed by conservation practitioners for their decisions regarding the management of vulnerable or endangered species, such as the sun bear Helarctos malayanus. Throughout i...
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Open AccessAdaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient
Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether o...
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Open AccessWhole genome sequencing and methylome analysis of the wild guinea pig
DNA methylation is a heritable mechanism that acts in response to environmental changes, lifestyle and diseases by influencing gene expression in eukaryotes. Epigenetic studies of wild organisms are mandatory ...
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Open AccessApplicability of major histocompatibility complex DRB1 alleles as markers to detect vertebrate hybridization: a case study from Iberian ibex × domestic goat in southern Spain
Hybridization between closely related wild and domestic species is of great concern because it can alter the evolutionary integrity of the affected populations. The high allelic variability of Major Histocompa...
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Open AccessSuperconception in mammalian pregnancy can be detected and increases reproductive output per breeding season
The concept of superfetation, a second conception during pregnancy, has been controversial for a long time. In this paper we use an experimental approach to demonstrate that female European brown hares (Lepus eur...