Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows a Near Eastern Neolithic origin for domestic cattle and no indication of domestication of European aurochs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1616, 2007, Pages 1377-1385

  Edwards, Ceiridwen J ^a   Bollongino, Ruth ^b,c   Scheu, Amelie ^b   Chamberlain, Andrew ^d   Tresset, Anne ^c   Vigne, Jean Denis ^c   Baird, Jillian F ^e   Larson, Greger ^f   Ho, Simon Y W ^f   Heupink, Tim H ^f   Shapiro, Beth ^f   Freeman, Abigail R ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^g   Arbogast, Rose Marie ^h   Arndt, Betty ⁱ   Bartosiewicz, László ^j   Benecke, Norbert ^k   Budja, Mihael ^l   Chaix, Louis ^m   Choyke, Alice M ⁿ   Coqueugniot, Eric ^o   Döhle, Hans Jürgen ^p   Göldner, Holger ^q   Hartz, Sönke ^r   Helmer, Daniel ^o   Herzig, Barabara ^s   Hongo, Hitomi ^t   Mashkour, Marjan ^c   Özdogan, Mehmet ^u   Pucher, Erich ^s   Roth, Georg ^v   Schade Lindig, Sabine ^w   Schmölcke, Ulrich ^r   Schulting, Rick J ^f   Stephan, Elisabeth ^x   Uerpmann, Hans Peter ^y   Vörös, István ^z   Voytek, Barbara ^aa   Bradley, Daniel G ^a   Burger, Joachim ^b   more..

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ Fachdienst Bauordnung Denkmalschutz und Archäologie   (Germany)

^j EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^k GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^m MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

ⁿ Aquincum Museum   (Hungary)

^o University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^p Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen Anhalt Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte   (Germany)

^q Landesamt für Denkmalpflege   (Germany)

^r Archaeologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig   (Germany)

^s NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^t KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^w hessenARCH OLOGIE   (Germany)

^x Osteologie   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^z Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum   (Hungary)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Aurochs; Domestication; Mitochondrial haplotypes; Starburst network

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CATTLE; COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DIVERGENCE; DOMESTICATION; LATE GLACIAL; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GROWTH; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTICATION; EUROPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOLOCENE; INTROGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 34447300408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0020     Document Type: Article

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