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Ancient Plumage Colour Genetics Reveal Goose Domestication and Hybridization.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2026
Honka Johanna, Olli Suvi, Askeyev Arthur O, Askeyev Igor V, Askeyev Oleg V, Aspi Jouni, Shaymuratova Dilyara N, Kvist Laura
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In archaeological assemblages, differentiating the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser), has been challenging due to their similar skeletal morphologies. A short region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysed from ancient DNA (aDNA) has been shown to distinguish wild greylags from domestic geese, but some ancient specimens display atypical haplotypes or haplotypes...
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