Luo Xier, Zhou Yu, Zhang Bing, Zhang Yi, Wang Xiaobo, Feng Tong, Li Zhipeng, Cui Kuiqing, Wang Zhiqiang, Luo Chan, Li Hui, Deng Yanfei, Lu Fenghua, Han Jianlin, Miao Yongwang, Mao Huaming, Yi Xiaoyan, Ai Cheng, Wu Shigang, Li Alun, Wu Zhichao, Zhuo Zijun, Da Giang Do, Mitra Bikash, Vahidi Mohammad Farhad, Mansoor Shahid, Al-Bayatti Sahar Ahmed, Sari Eka Meutia, Gorkhali Neena Amatya, Prastowo Sigit, Shafique Laiba, Ye Guoyou, Qian Qian, Chen Baoshan, Shi Deshun, Ruan Jue, Liu Qingyou
State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Natl Sci Rev. 2020 Mar;7(3):686-701. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa024. Epub 2020 Feb 17.
Domesticated buffaloes have been integral to rice-paddy agro-ecosystems for millennia, yet relatively little is known about the buffalo genomics. Here, we sequenced and assembled reference genomes for both swamp and river buffaloes and we re-sequenced 230 individuals (132 swamp buffaloes and 98 river buffaloes) sampled from across Asia and Europe. Beyond the many actionable insights that our study revealed about the domestication, basic physiology and breeding of buffalo, we made the striking discovery that the divergent domestication traits between swamp and river buffaloes can be explained with recent selections of genes on social behavior, digestion metabolism, strengths and milk production.
几千年来，家养水牛一直是稻田农业生态系统不可或缺的一部分，但人们对水牛基因组学的了解相对较少。在此，我们对沼泽水牛和河流水牛的参考基因组进行了测序和组装，并对来自亚洲和欧洲各地的230个个体（132头沼泽水牛和98头河流水牛）进行了重测序。除了我们的研究揭示的关于水牛驯化、基本生理学和育种的许多可操作见解外，我们还取得了惊人的发现，即沼泽水牛和河流水牛之间不同的驯化特征可以用近期对社会行为、消化代谢、力量和产奶相关基因的选择来解释。
