Cats of the pharaohs: Genetic comparison of Egyptian cat mummies to their feline contemporaries

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3217-3223

  Kurushima, Jennifer D ^a   Ikram, Salima ^b   Knudsen, Joan ^c   Bleiberg, Edward ^d   Grahn, Robert A ^a   Lyons, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Brooklyn Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Control region; Domestication; Felis silvestris catus; Mitochondrial

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTICATION; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY;

EGYPT; MIDDLE EAST;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS CHAUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 84864386443     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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