Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6153-6158

  Marshall, Fiona B ^a   Dobney, Keith ^b   Denham, Tim ^c   Capriles, José M ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^e Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto   (Chile)

Author keywords

Donkey; Pig; Reproductive isolation; Selected breeding; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; DNA METHYLATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GOAT; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWINE; YAK;

DONKEY; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SELECTED BREEDING; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BREEDING; GENE FLOW;

EID: 84899656234     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1312984110     Document Type: Review

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