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Origins of domestic dog in southern East Asia is supported by analysis of Y-chromosome DNA.
Heredity - 1 May 2012
Ding Z-L, Oskarsson M, Ardalan A, Angleby H, Dahlgren L-G, Tepeli C, Kirkness E, Savolainen P, Zhang Y-P
Abstract excerpt
Global mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data indicates that the dog originates from domestication of wolf in Asia South of Yangtze River (ASY), with minor genetic contributions from dog-wolf hybridisation elsewhere. Archaeological data and autosomal single nucleotide polymorphism data have instead sugge...
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