The role of unconscious selection in the domestication of sheep and goats

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Zohary, D ^a   Tchernov, E ^a   Kolska Horwitz, L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caprini; Domestication; Habitat; Unconscious selection

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; GOAT; SELECTION PRESSURES; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031821506     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998006025     Document Type: Article

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