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A detailed picture of the origin of the Australian dingo, obtained from the study of mitochondrial DNA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Aug 2004
Savolainen Peter, Leitner Thomas, Wilton Alan N, Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth, Lundeberg Joakim
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To determine the origin and time of arrival to Australia of the dingo, 582 bp of the mtDNA control region were analyzed in 211 Australian dingoes sampled in all states of Australia, 676 dogs from all continents, and 38 Eurasian wolves, and 263 bp were analyzed in 19 pre-European archaeological dog samples from Polynesia. We found that all mtDNA sequences among dingoes were either identical to or differing by a...
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