Capra hircus
Information about Goat Genome
The domestic goat (Capra hircus) might have been domesticated from the wild goat ~10,000 years ago. It is closely related to sheep, as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. The goats serve as an important source of meat, milk, fiber and pelts for humans. In addition, goats are important animal models for biomedical research..
The genome sequence of a female Yunnan black goat was published by International Goat Genome Consortium in 2013[1], the update version (CHIR_2.0) was released on September of 2015, it has the following information:.
The genome sequence of a female Yunnan black goat was published by International Goat Genome Consortium in 2013[1], the update version (CHIR_2.0) was released on September of 2015, it has the following information:.
● Genome Size: ~2.81Gb
● Number of Chromosomes: 30
● Number of Unplaced Scaffolds: 102865
● Number of Chromosomes: 30
● Number of Unplaced Scaffolds: 102865
Genome Re-sequencing Projects and Variation Identification
Recently, thousands of goat accessions have been re-sequenced. Such as:
●Fiona Menzi et al. Genomic amplification of the caprine EDNRA locus might lead to a dose dependent loss of pigmentation (11 accessions)[2].
●Genoscope Capra hircus from Morocco: NextGen project low coverage sequencing (SRA: ERP001578, 164 accessions).
●Genoscope Capra hircus from Morocco: NextGen project low coverage sequencing (SRA: ERP001578, 164 accessions).
We gathered these data, and identified variations using our standard computational pipeline.
References
[1] Dong Y, Xie M, Jiang Y, Xiao N, Du X, Zhang W, Tosser-Klopp G, Wang J, Yang S, Liang J, Chen W, Chen J, Zeng P, Hou Y, Bian C, Pan S, Li Y, Liu X, Wang W, Servin B, Sayre B, Zhu B, Sweeney D, Moore R, Nie W, Shen Y, Zhao R, Zhang G, Li J, Faraut T, Womack J, Zhang Y, Kijas J, Cockett N, Xu X, Zhao S: Sequencing and automated whole-genome optical mapping of the genome of a domestic goat (Capra hircus). Nat Biotechnol, 31(2):135-141. [PMID=23263233]
[2] Menzi F, Keller I, Reber I, Beck J, Brenig B, Schutz E, Leeb T, Drogemuller C: Genomic amplification of the caprine EDNRA locus might lead to a dose dependent loss of pigmentation. Sci Rep, 6:28438. [PMID=27329507]