Ancient DNA provides new insight into the maternal lineages and domestication of Chinese donkeys

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Han, Lu ^a   Zhu, Songbiao ^a   Ning, Chao ^a   Cai, Dawei ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Chen, Quanjia ^a   Hu, Songmei ^b   Yang, Junkai ^c   Shao, Jing ^b   Zhu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Archaeological Research Institute of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^c Institute for Archaeology and Relic Conservation of Xi'an   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Chinese domestic donkeys; Cytochrome b gene; D loop; Maternal lineage; Mitochondrial DNA; The Silk Road

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; DISPERSAL; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS ASINUS ASINUS; EQUUS ASINUS SOMALICUS;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EQUIDAE; GENETICS; HORSE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHINA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EQUIDAE; HORSES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84964312814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0246-4     Document Type: Article

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