Insights into the genetic history of French cattle from dense SNP data on 47 worldwide breeds.

Modern cattle originate from populations of the wild extinct aurochs through a few domestication events which occurred about 8,000 years ago. Newly domesticated populations subsequently spread worldwide following breeder migration routes. The resulting complex historical origins associated with both...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Gautier, Denis Laloë, Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20927341/?tool=EBI