Article
Origin and spread of Bos taurus: new clues from mitochondrial genomes belonging to haplogroup T1.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Bonfiglio Silvia, Ginja Catarina, De Gaetano Anna, Achilli Alessandro, Olivieri Anna, Colli Licia, Tesfaye Kassahun, Agha Saif Hassan, Gama Luis T, Cattonaro Federica, Penedo M Cecilia T, Ajmone-Marsan Paolo, Torroni Antonio, Ferretti Luca
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most genetic studies on modern cattle have established a common origin for all taurine breeds in the Near East, during the Neolithic transition about 10 thousand years (ka) ago. Yet, the possibility of independent and/or secondary domestication events is still debated and is fostered by the finding of rare mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups like P, Q and R. Haplogroup T1, because of its geographic...
Topics
- Africa
- Americas
- Animals
- Cattle
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Europe
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Mitochondrial
- Haplotypes
