The genetic prehistory of domesticated cattle from their origin to the spread across Europe

Scheu, Amelie; Powell, Adam; Bollongino, Ruth; Vigne, Jean‐Denis; Tresset, Anne; Çakırlar, Canan; Benecke, Norbert; Bürger, Joachim

doi:10.1186/s12863-015-0203-2

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The genetic prehistory of domesticated cattle from their origin to the spread across Europe

Published in BMC Genetics • May 27, 2015

Authors:

Amelie Scheu

Adam Powell

Ruth Bollongino

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cattle domestication started in the 9(th) millennium BC in Southwest Asia. Domesticated cattle were then introduced into Europe during the Neolithic transition. However, the scarcity of palaeogenetic data from the first European domesticated cattle still inhibits the accurate reconstruct...

Subject

Domestication

Geography

Population

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