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SUBMITTER: Koupadi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7761486 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koupadi Kyriaki K Fontani Francesco F Ciucani Marta Maria MM Maini Elena E De Fanti Sara S Cattani Maurizio M Curci Antonio A Nenzioni Gabriele G Reggiani Paolo P Andrews Adam J AJ Sarno Stefania S Bini Carla C Pelotti Susi S Caniglia Romolo R Luiselli Donata D Cilli Elisabetta E
Genes 20201126 12
Dog domestication is still largely unresolved due to time-gaps in the sampling of regions. Ancient Italian canids are particularly understudied, currently represented by only a few specimens. In the present study, we sampled 27 canid remains from Northern Italy dated between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age to assess their genetic variability, and thus add context to dog domestication dynamics. They were targeted at four DNA fragments of the hypervariable region 1 of mitochondrial DNA. A tota ...[more]