Transgenerational effects of continuous low dose-rate (LDR) gamma-ray irradiation have not been well studied. Recent advances in DNA technology enabled us to examine a whole genome at molecular level.
Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) is a widely used technique to assess chromosomal copy number alterations. Chromosomal content, however, is often not uniform throughout cell populations.
Basic information relating to yak used in this study, their types, geographical distributions and resequencing data used in the CNV analysis. (XLS 45 kb)