Independent confirmation of a diagnostic sheep/goat peptide sequence through DNA analysis and further exploration of its taxonomic utility within the Bovidae

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1421-1424

  Campana, Michael G ^a   Robinson, Terence ^b   Campos, Paula F ^c,d   Tuross, Noreen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Collagen; DNA; Goat; Phylogeny; Sheep

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DNA; GENOME; GOAT; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

EID: 84885485658     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.007     Document Type: Note

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