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SUBMITTER: Ethier J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541088 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ethier Jonathan J Bánffy Eszter E Vuković Jasna J Leshtakov Krassimir K Bacvarov Krum K Roffet-Salque Mélanie M Evershed Richard P RP Ivanova Maria M
Scientific reports 20170802 1
Since their domestication in the Mediterranean zone of Southwest Asia in the eighth millennium BC, sheep, goats, pigs and cattle have been remarkably successful in colonizing a broad variety of environments. The initial steps in this process can be traced back to the dispersal of farming groups into the interior of the Balkans in the early sixth millennium BC, who were the first to introduce Mediterranean livestock beyond its natural climatic range. Here, we combine analysis of biomolecular and ...[more]