The genomic natural history of the aurochs

C Rossi, MHS Sinding, VE Mullin, A Scheu, JAM Erven… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Now extinct, the aurochs (Bos primigenius) was a keystone species in prehistoric Eurasian
and North African ecosystems, and the progenitor of cattle (Bos taurus), domesticates that …

The Genomic Legacy of Aurochs hybridization in ancient and modern Iberian Cattle

T Günther, J Chisausky, MÁ Galindo-Pellicena, E Iriarte… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Cattle have been a valuable economic resource and cultural icon since prehistory. From the
initial expansion of domestic cattle into Europe during the Neolithic period, taurine cattle …

Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years

K Bougiouri, SG Aninta, S Charlton, A Harris… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The multi-millenia long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront
of archeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing efforts including the analysis of …