RT @CarlosEAlvare17: Dog genetic adaptation to high altitude: https://t.co/hK6oPIXsh1 Sheep: https://t.co/uGw3DIy4mQ
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Dog genetic adaptation to high altitude: https://t.co/hK6oPIXsh1 Sheep: https://t.co/uGw3DIy4mQ
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@doctorveera Cool. Similar effects have been found in dogs. In our comparative genomics study of dog hemoglobin genes, we reported the top differentiating locus of the Bernese Mountain Dog is a >750kb interval spanning the beta globin locus (gene undete
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Reminds me of annotating dog alpha/beta globins, https://t.co/jHrLjSYSFv. We found the reference "HBB/beta" based on 1950s protein seq is actually HBD/delta: ie, the primary adult beta globin in carnivores is not beta as in other mammals, but delta! 2/