Italian Journal of Animal Science (Jan 2010)

Pattern of ancient goat migration revealed by AFLP molecular markers

  • ECONOGENE Consortium,
  • P. Ajmone Marsan,
  • S. Joost,
  • P. Crepaldi,
  • M. Patrini,
  • M. Pellecchia,
  • E. Milanesi,
  • R. Negrini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2005.2s.55
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2s
pp. 55 – 57

Abstract

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Domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a very adaptable and geographically spread livestock species. Recent studies on mitochondrial DNA diversity suggest that goats have been the most widely transported and traded livestock species. For this reason it is thought to have played a central role in the demic spread of agriculture during the Neolithic agricultural revolution (Luikart et al. 2001).

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