Complete resequencing of 40 genomes reveals domestication events and genes in silkworm (Bombyx)
Xia, Q.; Guo, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Li, D.; et al.. Science, 2009
Science 326(5951):433–436 (PMID 19713493).
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In 2009 Xia's team published in Science a genetic variation map from 40 domestic and wild silkworms, identifying about 16 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms.
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That study found domestic silkworms clearly genetically differentiated from wild ones, consistent with a single domestication event.
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The domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, descends from the wild silk moth Bombyx mandarina.
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Evidence of selection at melanin synthesis pathway loci during silkworm domestication
Yu, H. S.; Shen, Y. H.; Yuan, G. X.; et al.. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2011
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