Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East.

Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East.

Genetic studies support the scenario that Bos taurus domestication occurred in the Near East during the Neolithic transition about 10 thousand years (ky) ago, with the likely exception of a minor secondary event in Italy. However, despite the proven effectiveness of whole mitochondrial genome data i...

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Main Authors: Anna Olivieri, Francesca Gandini, Alessandro Achilli, Alessandro Fichera, Ermanno Rizzi, Silvia Bonfiglio, Vincenza Battaglia, Stefania Brandini, Anna De Gaetano, Ahmed El-Beltagi, Hovirag Lancioni, Saif Agha, Ornella Semino, Luca Ferretti, Antonio Torroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4626031?pdf=render

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