Ancient DNA confirms diverse origins of early post-Columbian cattle in the Americas
Abstract Before the arrival of Europeans, domestic cattle (Bos taurus) did not exist in the Americas, and most of our knowledge about how domestic bovines first arrived in the Western Hemisphere is based on historical documents. Sixteenth-century colonial accounts suggest that the first cattle were...
Main Authors: | Nicolas Delsol, Brian J. Stucky, Jessica A. Oswald, Charles R. Cobb, Kitty F. Emery, Robert Guralnick |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39518-3 |
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