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Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jun 2012
Larson Greger, Karlsson Elinor K, Perri Angela, Webster Matthew T, Ho Simon Y W, Peters Joris, Stahl Peter W, Piper Philip J, Lingaas Frode, Fredholm Merete, Comstock Kenine E, Modiano Jaime F, Schelling Claude, Agoulnik Alexander I, Leegwater Peter A, Dobney Keith, Vigne Jean-Denis, Vilà Carles, Andersson Leif, Lindblad-Toh Kerstin
Abstract excerpt
The dog was the first domesticated animal but it remains uncertain when the domestication process began and whether it occurred just once or multiple times across the Northern Hemisphere. To ascertain the value of modern genetic data to elucidate the origins of dog domestication, we analyzed 49,024 autosomal SNPs in 1,375 dogs (representing 35 breeds) and 19 wolves. After combining our data with previously...
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