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High microsatellite and mitochondrial diversity in Anatolian native horse breeds shows Anatolia as a genetic conduit between Europe and Asia.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2012
Koban E, Denizci M, Aslan O, Aktoprakligil D, Aksu S, Bower M, Balcioglu B K, Ozdemir Bahadir A, Bilgin R, Erdag B, Bagis H, Arat S
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The horse has been a food source, but more importantly, it has been a means for transport. Its domestication was one of the crucial steps in the history of human civilization. Despite the archaeological and molecular studies carried out on the history of horse domestication, which would contribute to conservation of the breeds, the details of the domestication of horses still remain to be resolved. We employed 21...
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