Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 835-842

  Cai, Dawei ^a   Tang, Zhuowei ^a   Han, Lu ^a   Speller, Camilla F ^b   Yang, Dongya Y ^b   Ma, Xiaolin ^c   Cao, Jian'en ^d   Zhu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^d Inner Mongolian Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Hohhot   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Domestic horse; Haplogroup; Mitochondrial DNA; Przewalski horse

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GENE; HORSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 58149333142     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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