Evolutionary genetics of bovid genomes over 60,000 years

6万年来牛科动物基因组的进化遗传学

• 批准号: DP0773602
• 负责人: Prof Alan Cooper
• 金额: $ 36.95万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0773602
• 关键词: Evolutionary; genetics; bovid; genomes; over

This project will provide data critical for understanding the genetic background of modern cattle and bison, and how humans have shaped factors such as milk yield, growth rates and muscle mass. It will also reveal genes and genomic regions that were favoured in the domestication process, including those potentially linked to genes of commercial interest for future research. This pioneering ancient DNA approach will also be applicable to a variety of other domestic crops and animals. The unique temporal analysis of microevolution will provide crucial data for genetic research, and groundproof our attempts to analyse the timing and nature of human evolutionary history, major domestication events and inform conservation management.

该项目将为理解现代牛和野牛的遗传背景以及人类如何塑造产奶量、生长速度和肌肉质量等因素提供关键数据。它还将揭示在驯化过程中受到青睐的基因和基因组区域，包括那些可能与未来研究的商业利益相关的基因。这种开创性的古老DNA方法也将适用于各种其他家畜和动物。微进化的独特时间分析将为遗传研究提供重要数据，并为我们分析人类进化历史的时间和性质，主要驯化事件和保护管理提供依据。