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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of horses recovered from a frozen tomb (Berel site, Kazakhstan, 3rd Century BC).
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Keyser-Tracqui C, Blandin-Frappin P, Francfort H-P, Ricaut F-X, Lepetz S, Crubézy E, Samashev Z, Ludes B
Abstract excerpt
Sequence polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop was used to determine the genetic diversity of horses recovered from a Scythian princely tomb dating from the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Eight haplotypes were found among the 13 ancient horse samples tested. Phylogenetical analysis showed that these ancient horse's sequences, along with two Yakut ones, were distributed throughout the tree defined by...
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