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Coat colour and sex identification in horses from Iron Age Sweden.
Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft - 20 Jan 2012
Svensson Emma M, Telldahl Ylva, Sjöling Emma, Sundkvist Anneli, Hulth Helena, Sjøvold Torstein, Götherström Anders
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Domestication of animals and plants marked a turning point in human prehistory. To date archaeology, archaeozoology and genetics have shed light on when and where all of our major livestock species were domesticated. Phenotypic changes associated with domestication have occurred in all farm animals. Coat colour is one of the traits that have been subjected to the strongest human selection throughout history. Here...
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