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Asian water buffalo: domestication, history and genetics.
Animal genetics - 1 Mar 2020
Zhang Y, Colli L, Barker J S F
Abstract excerpt
The domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is found on all five continents, with a global population of some 202 million. The livelihoods of more people depend on this species than on any other domestic animal. The two distinct types (river and swamp) descended from different wild Asian water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) populations that diverged some 900 kyr BP and then evolved in separate geographical...
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