The First Mitogenome of the Cyprus Mouflon (Ovis gmelini ophion): New Insights into the Phylogeny of the Genus Ovis.

Sheep are thought to have been one of the first livestock to be domesticated in the Near East, thus playing an important role in human history. The current whole mitochondrial genome phylogeny for the genus Ovis is based on: the five main domestic haplogroups occurring among sheep (O. aries), along...

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Main Authors: Daria Sanna, Mario Barbato, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Piero Cossu, Luca Decandia, Sandro Trova, Monica Pirastru, Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni, Salvatore Naitana, Paolo Francalacci, Bruno Masala, Laura Manca, Paolo Mereu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4670089?pdf=render