The hypothesis of a single near-eastern origin for the european cattle: lack of support from DNA sequences of 15.000 years old italian aurochs.

PROCESSI DI DOMESTICAZIONE: UN CONTRIBUTO DALLE ANALISI DEL DNA MITOCONDRIALE DI ANTICHI REPERTI SCHELETRICI BOVINI (BOS PRIMIGENIUS 19.000 BP)

The origin of european cattle: Evidence from modern and ancient DNA.

The origin of European cattle: evidence from modern and ancient DNA. Beja-Pereira A, Caramelli D, Lalueza-Fox C, Vernesi C, Ferrand N, Casoli A, Goyache F, Royo LJ, Conti S, Lari M, Martini A, Ouragh L, Magid A, Atash A, Zsolnai A, Boscato P, Triantaphylidis C, Ploumi K, Sineo L, Mallegni F, Taberlet P, Erhardt G, Sampietro L, Bertranpetit J, Barbujani G, Luikart G, Bertorelle G. Source Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO-UP) and Secção Autónoma de Engenharia de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal. Abstract Cattle domestication from wild aurochsen was among the most important innovations during the Neolithic agricultural revol…