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SUBMITTER: Kimura B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2992715 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kimura Birgitta B Marshall Fiona B FB Chen Shanyuan S Rosenbom Sónia S Moehlman Patricia D PD Tuross Noreen N Sabin Richard C RC Peters Joris J Barich Barbara B Yohannes Hagos H Kebede Fanuel F Teclai Redae R Beja-Pereira Albano A Mulligan Connie J CJ
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20100728 1702
Genetic data from extant donkeys (Equus asinus) have revealed two distinct mitochondrial DNA haplogroups, suggestive of two separate domestication events in northeast Africa about 5000 years ago. Without distinct phylogeographic structure in domestic donkey haplogroups and with little information on the genetic makeup of the ancestral African wild ass, however, it has been difficult to identify wild ancestors and geographical origins for the domestic mitochondrial clades. Our analysis of ancient ...[more]