Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years
K. Bougiouri, S. G. Aninta, S. Charlton, A. Harris, A. Carmagnini, G. Piliciauskiene, T. R. Feuerborn, L. Scarsbrook, K. Tabadda, P. Blazevicius, H. G. Parker, S. Gopalakrishnan, G. Larson, E. A. Ostrander, E. K. Irving-Pease, , F. Racimo
This study imputes ancient dog and wolf genomes to analyze inbreeding history over 10,000 years, finding lower inbreeding in ancient populations and associations between low ROH regions and olfaction/immune genes.
bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2024Evolutionary Biology