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Phylogenetic distinctiveness of Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian village dog Y chromosomes illuminates dog origins.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Brown Sarah K, Pedersen Niels C, Jafarishorijeh Sardar, Bannasch Danika L, Ahrens Kristen D, Wu Jui-Te, Okon Michaella, Sacks Benjamin N
Abstract excerpt
Modern genetic samples are commonly used to trace dog origins, which entails untested assumptions that village dogs reflect indigenous ancestry or that breed origins can be reliably traced to particular regions. We used high-resolution Y chromosome markers (SNP and STR) and mitochondrial DNA to analyze 495 village dogs/dingoes from the Middle East and Southeast Asia, along with 138 dogs from >35 modern breeds to...
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