Chebii Vivien J, Mpolya Emmanuel A, Muchadeyi Farai C, Domelevo Entfellner Jean-Baka
School of Life Science and Bioengineering, Nelson Mandela Africa Institution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Arusha, Tanzania.
Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
Animals (Basel). 2021 May 29;11(6):1617. doi: 10.3390/ani11061617.
Ungulates are a group of hoofed animals that have long interacted with humans as essential sources of food, labor, clothing, and transportation. These consist of domesticated, feral, and wild species raised in a wide range of habitats and biomes. Given the diverse and extreme environments inhabited by ungulates, unique adaptive traits are fundamental for fitness. The documentation of genes that underlie their genomic signatures of selection is crucial in this regard. The increasing availability of advanced sequencing technologies has seen the rapid growth of ungulate genomic resources, which offers an exceptional opportunity to understand their adaptive evolution. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on evolutionary genetic signatures underlying the adaptations of ungulates to different habitats.
有蹄类动物是一群有蹄的动物，长期以来一直与人类互动，是食物、劳动力、衣物和交通工具的重要来源。这些动物包括在广泛的栖息地和生物群落中饲养的驯化、野生和野生动物。鉴于有蹄类动物栖息的环境多样且极端，独特的适应性状是其生存适应性的基础。记录构成其选择基因组特征基础的基因在这方面至关重要。先进测序技术的日益普及见证了有蹄类动物基因组资源的快速增长，这为了解它们的适应性进化提供了绝佳机会。在这里，我们总结了目前关于有蹄类动物适应不同栖息地的进化遗传特征的知识。
