Genetic study suggests domestic goats got pathogen-resistant gene from wild relatives
Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 09:10
in Biology & Nature
An international team of researchers has found evidence that suggests wild relatives of domestic goats passed on a gene to their domesticated relatives that boosts their pathogen resistance. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their study of goat genetic history and what they learned from it.