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Ancient mitochondrial genome depicts sheep maternal dispersal and migration in Eastern Asia.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 1 Jan 2024
Yang Liu, Zhang Xing, Hu Yaning, Zhu Piao, Li Hua, Peng Zhenyu, Xiang Hai, Zhou Xinying, Zhao Xingbo
Abstract excerpt
Sheep have been one of the most important groups of animals since ancient times. However, the knowledge of their migration routes and genetic relationships is still poorly understood. To investigate sheep maternal migration histories alongside Eurasian communications routes, in this study, we obtain mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from 17 sheep remains in 6 Chinese sites and 1 Uzbekistan site dated 4429-3100...
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