MtDNA data indicate a single origin for dogs south of yangtze river, less than 16,300 years ago, from numerous wolves

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2849-2864

  Pang, Jun Feng ^a,b   Kluetsch, Cornelya ^c   Zou, Xiao Ju ^b   Zhang, Ai Bing ^c   Luo, Li Yang ^a,d   Angleby, Helen ^c   Ardalan, Arman ^c,e,f   Ekström, Camilla ^c   Sköllermo, Anna ^c   Lundeberg, Joakim ^c   Matsumura, Shuichi ^g,h   Leitner, Thomas ⁱ   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b   Savolainen, Peter ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

ⁱ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Dog; Domestication; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70450227389     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp195     Document Type: Article

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