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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Main Authors: Gillian P. McHugo, Michael J. Dover, David E. MacHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0724-7