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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of ancient sheep from Altai.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2017
Dymova M A, Zadorozhny A V, Mishukova O V, Khrapov E A, Druzhkova A S, Trifonov V A, Kichigin I G, Tishkin A A, Grushin S P, Filipenko M L
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A comparative analysis of the genetic diversity of ancient and modern sheep can shed light on the origin of these animals and their distribution as well as help to evaluate the role of humans at each formation stage of different sheep breeds. Here we isolated ancient DNA and performed sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA D-loop from 17 sheep bone remains (~4000-1000 years old) found in the archaeological complexes...
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