The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome.

The multifaceted origin of taurine cattle reflected by the mitochondrial genome.

A Neolithic domestication of taurine cattle in the Fertile Crescent from local aurochsen (Bos primigenius) is generally accepted, but a genetic contribution from European aurochsen has been proposed. Here we performed a survey of a large number of taurine cattle mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control reg...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Achilli, Silvia Bonfiglio, Anna Olivieri, Arianna Malusà, Maria Pala, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, Ugo A Perego, Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Luigi Liotta, Ornella Semino, Hans-Jürgen Bandelt, Luca Ferretti, Antonio Torroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2684589?pdf=render

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