Genetics and African Cattle Domestication

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-72

  Stock, Frauke ^a   Gifford Gonzalez, Diane ^b  

^a Cepheid GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Archaeology; Bos taurus; Cattle; Domestication; Genetics; mtDNA; Sahara; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875050651     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-013-9131-6     Document Type: Review

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