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Evidence for independent domestication of sheep mtDNA lineage A in India and introduction of lineage B through Arabian sea route.
Scientific reports - 5 Oct 2021
Kamalakkannan Ranganathan, Kumar Satish, Bhavana Karippadakam, Prabhu Vandana R, Machado Carolina Barros, Singha Hijam Surachandra, Sureshgopi Dhandapani, Vijay Vincy, Nagarajan Muniyandi
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India ranks the second in the world in terms of its sheep population with approximately 74.26 million represented by 44 well-described breeds in addition to several non-descript populations. Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Indian sheep breeds remain poorly understood, particularly for south Indian breeds. To have a comprehensive view of the domestication history of Indian sheep, we sequenced the...
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