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Three Thousand Years of Continuity in the Maternal Lineages of Ancient Sheep (Ovis aries) in Estonia.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2016

Rannamäe Eve, Lõugas Lembi, Speller Camilla F, Valk Heiki, Maldre Liina, Wilczyński Jarosław, Mikhailov Aleksandr, Saarma Urmas

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Although sheep (Ovis aries) have been one of the most exploited domestic animals in Estonia since the Late Bronze Age, relatively little is known about their genetic history. Here, we explore temporal changes in Estonian sheep populations and their mitochondrial genetic diversity over the last 3000 years. We target a 558 base pair fragment of the mitochondrial hypervariable region in 115 ancient sheep from 71...

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PMID: 27732668
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163676
PMCID: PMC5061334

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