Dual origins of dairy cattle farming--evidence from a comprehensive survey of European Y-chromosomal variation.

Dual origins of dairy cattle farming--evidence from a comprehensive survey of European Y-chromosomal variation.

<h4>Background</h4>Diversity patterns of livestock species are informative to the history of agriculture and indicate uniqueness of breeds as relevant for conservation. So far, most studies on cattle have focused on mitochondrial and autosomal DNA variation. Previous studies of Y-chromos...

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Main Authors: Ceiridwen J Edwards, Catarina Ginja, Juha Kantanen, Lucía Pérez-Pardal, Anne Tresset, Frauke Stock, European Cattle Genetic Diversity Consortium, Luis T Gama, M Cecilia T Penedo, Daniel G Bradley, Johannes A Lenstra, Isaäc J Nijman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21253012/pdf/?tool=EBI

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