Mitochondrial DNA from prehistoric canids highlights relationships between dogs and South-East European wolves

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2541-2551

  Verginelli, Fabio ^a   Capelli, Cristian ^b   Coia, Valentina ^c   Musiani, Marco ^d   Falchetti, Mario ^c   Ottini, Laura ^c   Palmirotta, Raffaele ^a,g   Tagliacozzo, Antonio ^e   De Grossi Mazzorin, Iacopo ^f   Mariani Costantini, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Special Superintendence to the Luigi Pigorini National Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^g REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Archaeozoology; Dog; Evolution; mtDNA; Wolf

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SCREENING; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 27844457539     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi248     Document Type: Article

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