Nature Presents Papers on Donkey Genome Analysis, Assembly of Phased Diploid Human Genomes, More

Dec 10, 2020

An analysis of the donkey genome is reported in this week's Nature Communications, providing insights into the domestication of this member of the horse family. A team led by scientists from the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences de novo assembled a chromosome-level reference genome of one male Dezhou donkey, which they studied against the genomes of 126 domestic donkeys and seven wild asses.

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