On the origin of cattle: How aurochs became cattle and colonized the world

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 148-157

  Ajmone Marsan, Paolo ^a   Garcia, José Fernando ^c   Lenstra, Johannes A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Domestication; MtDNA; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650843913     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20267     Document Type: Article

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