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SUBMITTER: Roed KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2593925 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Røed Knut H KH Flagstad Oystein O Nieminen Mauri M Holand Oystein O Dwyer Mark J MJ Røv Nils N Vilà Carles C
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20080801 1645
Although there is little doubt that the domestication of mammals was instrumental for the modernization of human societies, even basic features of the path towards domestication remain largely unresolved for many species. Reindeer are considered to be in the early phase of domestication with wild and domestic herds still coexisting widely across Eurasia. This provides a unique model system for understanding how the early domestication process may have taken place. We analysed mitochondrial seque ...[more]