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Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2017
Upadhyay M R, Chen W, Lenstra J A, Goderie C R J, MacHugh D E, Park S D E, Magee D A, Matassino D, Ciani F, Megens H-J, van Arendonk J A M, Groenen M A M
Abstract excerpt
The domestication of taurine cattle initiated ~10 000 years ago in the Near East from a wild aurochs (Bos primigenius) population followed by their dispersal through migration of agriculturalists to Europe. Although gene flow from wild aurochs still present at the time of this early dispersion is still debated, some of the extant primitive cattle populations are believed to possess the aurochs-like primitive...
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