VarGoats Consortium Publications

Geographical contrasts of Y‐chromosomal haplogroups from wild and domestic goats reveal ancient migrations and recent introgressions.
VarGoats Consortium, Nijman, I. J., Rosen, B. D., Bardou, P., Faraut, T., Cumer, T., Daly, K. G., Zheng, Z., Cai, Y., Asadollahpour, H., Kul, B. Ç., Zhang, W., E., G., Ayin, A., Baird, H., Bakhtin, M., Bâlteanu, V. A., Barfield, D., … Berger, B. (2022).
Molecular Ecology, 31(16). doi: 10.1111/mec.16579.

Runs of homozygosity in Swiss goats reveal genetic changes associated with domestication and modern selection.
Signer-Hasler, H., Henkel, J., Bangerter, E., Bulut, Z., Drögemüller, C., Leeb, T., & Flury, C. (2022).
Genetics Selection Evolution, 54(1). doi: 10.1186/s12711-022-00695-w.

VarGoats project: a dataset of 1159 whole-genome sequences to dissect Capra hircus global diversity.
Denoyelle, L., Talouarn, E., Bardou, P., Colli, L., Alberti, A., Danchin, C., del Corvo, M., Engelen, S., Orvain, C., Palhière, I., Rupp, R., Sarry, J., Salavati, M., Amills, M., Clark, E., Crepaldi, P., Faraut, T., Masiga, C. W., Pompanon, F., Rosen, B. D., Stella, A., van Tassell, C. P., Tosser-Klopp, G. & The VarGoats Consortium. (2021).
Genetics Selection Evolution, 53(1). doi: 10.1186/s12711-021-00659-6.

Detection of copy number variants in African goats using whole genome sequence data.
Nandolo, W., Mészáros, G., Wurzinger, M., Banda, L. J., Gondwe, T. N., Mulindwa, H. A., Nakimbugwe, H. N., Clark, E. L., Woodward-Greene, M. J., Liu, M., Liu, G. E., van Tassell, C. P., Rosen, B. D., & Sölkner, J. (2021).
BMC Genomics, 22(1). doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07703-1.

Genome wide association analysis on semen volume and milk yield using different strategies of imputation to whole genome sequence in French dairy goats.
Talouarn, E., Bardou, P., Palhière, I., Oget, C., Clément, V., Tosser-Klopp, G., Rupp, R., & Robert-Granié, C. (2020).
BMC Genetics, 21(1). doi: 10.1186/s12863-020-0826-9.

VarGoats Consortium Communications

VarGoats international initiative, a 1000 goat genomes project.
Licia Colli, Paola Crepaldi, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Alessandra Stella, Gwenola Tosser-Klopp, The VarGoats Consortium.
23th Congress of the Animal Science and Production Association ASPA, June, 13th 2019, Sorrento, Italy.

VarGoats: first results of an international 1000-genome project
Gwenola Tosser-Klopp, Philippe Bardou, Laure Denoyelle, Thomas Faraut, Francois Pompanon.
International Symposium on Environmental and Agronomical Genomics, Nov 2018, Paris, France.

VarGoats Consortium Acknowledgements

In silico identification of variations in microRNAs with a potential impact on dairy traits using whole ruminant genome SNP datasets.
Bourdon, C., Boussaha, M., Bardou, P., Sanchez, M. P., Membré, J., Tribout, T., Larroque, H., Boichard, D., Rupp, R., Provost, F. L., & Tosser-Klopp, G. (2021).
Scientific Reports, 11(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98639-9.

A novel lineage of the Capra genus discovered in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey using ancient genomics.
Daly, K. G., Arbuckle, B. S., Rossi, C., Mattiangeli, V., Lawlor, P. A., Mashkour, M., Sauer, E., Lesur, J., Atici, L., Erek, C. M., & Bradley, D. G. (2022).
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2022.04.08.487619.

Analysis of Polycerate Mutants Reveals the Evolutionary Co-option of HOXD1 for Horn Patterning in Bovidae.
Allais-Bonnet, A., Hintermann, A., Deloche, M. C., Cornette, R., Bardou, P., Naval-Sanchez, M., Pinton, A., Haruda, A., Grohs, C., Zakany, J., Bigi, D., Medugorac, I., Putelat, O., Greyvenstein, O., Hadfield, T., Jemaa, S. B., Bunevski, G., Menzi, F., Hirter, N.,. . . Capitan, A. (2021).
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(6). doi: 10.1093/molbev/msab021.

Selection signatures in goats reveal copy number variants underlying breed-defining coat color phenotypes.
Henkel, J., Saif, R., Jagannathan, V., Schmocker, C., Zeindler, F., Bangerter, E., Herren, U., Posantzis, D., Bulut, Z., Ammann, P., Drögemüller, C., Flury, C., & Leeb, T. (2019).
PLOS Genetics, 15(12). doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008536.

Hereditary xanthinuria in a goat.
Vail, K. J., Tate, N. M., Likavec, T., Minor, K. M., Gibbons, P. M., Rech, R. R., & Furrow, E. (2019).
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 33(2). doi: 10.1111/jvim.15431.

Coordination

French National Institute for Agricultural Research

Gwenola Tosser-Klopp