Coat colour and sex identification in horses from Iron Age Sweden

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Svensson, Emma M ^a   Telldahl, Ylva ^b   Sjöling, Emma ^c   Sundkvist, Anneli ^c   Hulth, Helena ^c   Sjøvold, Torstein ^b   Götherström, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Coat colour; Genotyping; Horse; Iron Age; Sex identification; SNP

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTICATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORSE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HORSES; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84855492415     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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