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Vanishing native American dog lineages.
BMC evolutionary biology - 21 Mar 2011
Castroviejo-Fisher Santiago, Skoglund Pontus, Valadez Raúl, Vilà Carles, Leonard Jennifer A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dogs were an important element in many native American cultures at the time Europeans arrived. Although previous ancient DNA studies revealed the existence of unique native American mitochondrial sequences, these have not been found in modern dogs, mainly purebred, studied so far. RESULTS: We identified many previously undescribed mitochondrial control region sequences in 400 dogs from rural and...
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