Ancient DNA reveals a major genetic change during the transition from hunting economy to reindeer husbandry in northern Scandinavia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-108

  Bjørnstad, Gro ^a   Flagstad, Øystein ^b   Hufthammer, Anne Karin ^c   Røed, Knut H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer domestication; Reindeer husbandry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEER; DOMESTICATION; HUNTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

FENNOSCANDIA; FINNMARK; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 82955167854     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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