Article
Ancient Mongolian aurochs genomes reveal sustained introgression and management in East Asia
2023-08-10
Abstract excerpt
Societies in East Asia have utilized domesticated cattle for over 5000 years, but the genetic history of cattle in East Asia remains understudied. Genome-wide analyses of 23 ancient Mongolian cattle reveal that East Asian aurochs and ancient East Asian taurine cattle are closely related, but neither are closely related to any modern East Asian breeds. We observe binary variation in aurochs diet throughout the earl...
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- Literature Corpus work
- effbdb32-ff0e-5f2c-8c23-46d74dcbfb41
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.08.10.552443
