Genome-Wide Detection of Selection Signatures for Pelt Quality Traits and Coat Color Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Data in American Mink.

ABSTRACT: Domestication and selection are the major driving forces responsible for creating genetic variability in farmed species. American mink has been under selection for more than 100 years for improved body size and pelt quality. This study aimed to identify the genomic regions subjected to selection for pelt quality traits, and coat color using the whole genome sequences of 100 mink raised in the Canadian Centre for Fur Animal Research (CCFAR) at Dalhousie Agriculture Campus (Truro, NS, Canada), and Millbank fur farm (Rockwood, ON, Canada). Measurements of three dried pelt characteristics (including pelt size (n = 35), overall quality of fur (n = 27), and nap size (n = 29)), and three coat color of Black, Stardust, and Pastel (Stardust_ Black (n = 38), and Pastel_Bl

SUBMITTER: Valipour S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature