Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

Thalmann, O.; Shapiro, B.; Cui, P.; J. Schuenemann, V.; K. Sawyer, S.; L. Greenfield, D.; B. Germonpré, M.; V. Sablin, M.; López-Giráldez, F.; Domingo-Roura, X.; Napierala, H.; Uerpmann, H-P.; M. Loponte, D.; A. Acosta, A.; Giemsch, L.; W. Schmitz, R.; Worthington, B.; E. Buikstra, J.; Druzhkova, A.; S. Graphodatsky, A.; D. Ovodov, N.; Wahlberg, N.; H. Freedman, A.; M. Schweizer, R.; Koepfli, K.-P.; A. Leonard, J.; Meyer, M.; Krause, J.; Pääbo, S.; E. Green, R.; K. Wayne, R.

doi:10.1126/science.1243650

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Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

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O. Thalmann

B. Shapiro

P. Cui

Abstract

Dog Domestication The precise details of the domestication and origins of domestic dogs are unclear. Thalmann et al. (p. 871 ; see the cover) analyzed complete mitochondrial genomes from present-day dogs and wolves, as well as 18 fossil canids dating from 1000 to 36,000 years ago from the Old and Ne...

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