Unlocking the origins and biology of domestic animals using ancient DNA and paleogenomics
Abstract Animal domestication has fascinated biologists since Charles Darwin first drew the parallel between evolution via natural selection and human-mediated breeding of livestock and companion animals. In this review we show how studies of ancient DNA from domestic animals and their wild progenit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0724-7 |