Evolution and domestication of the Bovini species

K Zhang, JA Lenstra, S Zhang, W Liu, J Liu - Animal Genetics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Domestication of the Bovini species (taurine cattle, zebu, yak, river buffalo and swamp
buffalo) since the early Holocene (ca. 10 000 BCE) has contributed significantly to the …

Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

MP Verdugo, VE Mullin, A Scheu, V Mattiangeli… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals
regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations …

Early North African cattle domestication and its ecological setting: A reassessment

M Brass - Journal of World Prehistory, 2018 - Springer
Nearly four decades have passed since an independent North African centre for cattle
domestication was first proposed in 1980, based on the Combined Prehistoric Expedition's …

[HTML][HTML] Uniparental genetic systems: a male and a female perspective in the domestic cattle origin and evolution

P Di Lorenzo, H Lancioni, S Ceccobelli, L Curcio… - Electronic Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last 20 years, the two uniparentally inherited marker systems, namely mitochondrial
DNA and Y chromosome have been widely employed to solve questions about origin and …

Large‐scale mitogenome sequencing reveals consecutive expansions of domestic taurine cattle and supports sporadic aurochs introgression

V Cubric‐Curik, D Novosel, V Brajkovic… - Evolutionary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The contribution of domestic cattle in human societies is enormous, making cattle, along with
other essential benefits, the economically most important domestic animal in the world …

On the origin and diversification of Podolian cattle breeds: testing scenarios of European colonization using genome-wide SNP data

G Senczuk, S Mastrangelo, P Ajmone-Marsan… - Genetics Selection …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background During the Neolithic expansion, cattle accompanied humans and
spread from their domestication centres to colonize the ancient world. In addition, European …

Mitochondrial DNA variants of Podolian cattle breeds testify for a dual maternal origin

P Di Lorenzo, H Lancioni, S Ceccobelli, L Colli… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Over the past 15 years, 300 out of 6000 breeds of all farm animal species
identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have gone …

Eastern Mediterranean mobility in the Bronze and early Iron Ages: inferences from ancient DNA of pigs and cattle

M Meiri, PW Stockhammer, N Marom, G Bar-Oz… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Late Bronze of the Eastern Mediterranean (1550–1150 BCE) was a period of
strong commercial relations and great prosperity, which ended in collapse and migration of …

Iron age genomic data from Althiburos–Tunisia renew the debate on the origins of African taurine cattle

C Ginja, S Guimarães, RR da Fonseca, R Rasteiro… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
The Maghreb is a key region for understanding the dynamics of cattle dispersal and
admixture with local aurochs following their earliest domestication in the Fertile Crescent …

Whole mitogenomes reveal the history of swamp buffalo: initially shaped by glacial periods and eventually modelled by domestication

S Wang, N Chen, MR Capodiferro, T Zhang… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes of 107 Asian swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis
carabensis) allowed the reconstruction of the matrilineal divergence since~ 900 Kya …