Domestication of cattle: Two or three events?

D Pitt, N Sevane, EL Nicolazzi… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cattle have been invaluable for the transition of human society from nomadic hunter‐
gatherers to sedentary farming communities throughout much of Europe, Asia and Africa …

[图书][B] Animal domestication: A brief overview

F Teletchea - 2019 - intechopen.com
In the origin of modern humans, hunting of wild animals and gathering of wild plants in
nature were the primary subsistence strategies. Yet, about 12,000 years ago, the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle

SDE Park, DA Magee, PA McGettigan, MD Teasdale… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, gave rise to the
two major domestic extant cattle taxa, B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic …

The history of breeding for polled cattle

R Schafberg, HH Swalve - Livestock science, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, the history of breeding for polled cattle is compiled from literature as well as
graphic representations of cattle in art and science. Domesticated taurine cattle originated …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution ancient sedimentary DNA shows that alpine plant diversity is associated with human land use and climate change

S Garcés-Pastor, E Coissac, S Lavergne… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The European Alps are highly rich in species, but their future may be threatened by
ongoing changes in human land use and climate. Here, we reconstructed vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic prehistory of domesticated cattle from their origin to the spread across Europe

A Scheu, A Powell, R Bollongino, JD Vigne, A Tresset… - BMC genetics, 2015 - Springer
Background Cattle domestication started in the 9 th millennium BC in Southwest Asia.
Domesticated cattle were then introduced into Europe during the Neolithic transition …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle

MR Upadhyay, W Chen, JA Lenstra, CRJ Goderie… - Heredity, 2017 - nature.com
The domestication of taurine cattle initiated~ 10 000 years ago in the Near East from a wild
aurochs (Bos primigenius) population followed by their dispersal through migration of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East

A Olivieri, F Gandini, A Achilli, A Fichera, E Rizzi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Genetic studies support the scenario that Bos taurus domestication occurred in
the Near East during the Neolithic transition about 10 thousand years (ky) ago, with the likely …

[HTML][HTML] Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication

E Yurtman, O Özer, E Yüncü, ND Dağtaş… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Sheep were among the first domesticated animals, but their demographic history is little
understood. Here we analyzed nuclear polymorphism and mitochondrial data (mtDNA) from …