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


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Yurtman E., Özer O., Yüncü E., Dağtaş N. D., Koptekin D., Çakan Y. G., ...More

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, vol.4, no.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1038/s42003-021-02794-8
  • Journal Name: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, BIOSIS, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Yurtman, ozer, Yuncu et al. provide an ancient DNA data set to demonstrate the impact of human activity on the demographic history of domestic sheep. The authors demonstrate that there may have been multiple domestication events with notable changes to the gene pool of European and Anatolian sheep since the Neolithic.