Yanlin Wang¹ , Jia Xuan²

1 Tropical Animal Resources Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China
2 Institute of Life Science, Jiyang College of Zhejiang A&F University, Zhuji, 311800, Zhejiang, China
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Animal Molecular Breeding, 2025, Vol. 15, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/amb.2025.15.0003
Received: 18 Dec., 2024    Accepted: 25 Jan., 2025    Published: 10 Feb., 2025

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Wang Y.L., and Xuan J., 2025, Genetic mechanisms and evolutionary trajectories of goose domestication, Animal Molecular Breeding, 15(1): 19-28 (doi: 10.5376/amb.2025.15.0003)

The domestication of geese is an important direction in the study of the evolution of poultry and the origin of agriculture. This process is rather complex, involving origin and evolution, multiple hybridization, and human selection pressure, etc. This study collated the genomic and evolutionary research achievements in the domestication of geese in recent years, reviewed the "dual origin" hypothesis of domestic geese, the changes in population structure, and how some major traits were regulated by genes during the domestication process. This study, through methods such as comparative genomics, selective signal analysis, and transcriptome, revealed how the genes of domestic geese have changed over a long period of artificial selection and natural adaptation. This study aims to establish a theoretical framework for understanding the genetic mechanism and evolutionary process of goose domestication, providing a scientific basis for the conservation of goose resources and molecular breeding.

Goose domestication; Population genomics; Candidate genes; Gene flow and hybridization; Phenotypic trait evolution