Early history of Chinese domestic sheep indicated by ancient DNA analysis of Bronze Age individuals

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 896-902

  Cai, Dawei ^a   Tang, Zhuowei ^a   Yu, Huixin ^a   Han, Lu ^a   Ren, Xiaoyan ^b   Zhao, Xingbo ^c   Zhu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Domestic sheep; Lineage; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREHISTORIC; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79251619835     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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