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Balkan brachicerous cattle - the first domesticated cattle in Europe.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Jan 2018
Hristov Peter, Sirakova Daniela, Mitkov Ivan, Spassov Nikolai, Radoslavov Georgi
Abstract excerpt
The present study aimed to compare mitochondrial diversity among Balkan Neolithic/Chalcolithic cattle and present day Shorthorn Rhodopean cattle (Busha) to throw a new insight into European cattle domestication. The results showed that both ancient- and present-day samples belonged to the macrohaplogroup T. From the 28 sequences (8 ancient and 20 modern), the T1 and T2 haplogroup represent about 3.6% (1/28;...
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