The origins of Chinese domestic cattle as revealed by ancient DNA analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-434

  Cai, Dawei ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Tang, Zhuowei ^a   Hu, Songmei ^b   Li, Wenying ^c   Zhao, Xingbo ^d   Xiang, Hai ^d   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yan Ta Region Shaanxi Province   (China)

^c Xinjiang Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute   (China)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bos taurus; Domestic cattle; Haplogroup; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CATTLE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE;

CHINA; KOREA;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84885078786     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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