Was the Cinta Senese Pig Already a Luxury Food in the Late Middle Ages? Ancient DNA and Archaeozoological Evidence from Central Italy

Ancient Mammalian and Plant DNA from Late Quaternary Stalagmite Layers at Solkota Cave, Georgia

(2019) M. C. Stahlschmidt et al.   Scientific Reports

Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe

(2019) Laurent A. F. Frantz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unlocking the origins and biology of domestic animals using ancient DNA and paleogenomics

(2019) Gillian P. McHugo et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

A set of 20 multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers specifically selected for the identification of the wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) and the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)

(2017) Marie-Pauline Beugin et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

Insights into early pig domestication provided by ancient DNA analysis

(2017) Amke Caliebe et al.   Scientific Reports

Taming the Past: Ancient DNA and the Study of Animal Domestication

(2017) David E. MacHugh et al.   Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

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

(2016) M R Upadhyay et al.   HEREDITY

Authentication of “mono-breed” pork products: Identification of a coat colour gene marker in Cinta Senese pigs useful to this purpose

(2016) L. Fontanesi et al.   Livestock Science

Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs

(2016) Guo-Dong Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of medieval sheep (Ovis aries) in central Italy reveals the predominance of haplogroup B already in the Middle Ages

(2015) F. Gabbianelli et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Evidence of long-term gene flow and selection during domestication from analyses of Eurasian wild and domestic pig genomes

(2015) Laurent A F Frantz et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Microsatellite genotyping of medieval cattle from central Italy suggests an old origin of Chianina and Romagnola cattle

(2015) Maria Gargani et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Revisiting demographic processes in cattle with genome-wide population genetic analysis

(2015) Pablo Orozco-terWengel et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Real-time assessment of hybridization between wolves and dogs: combining noninvasive samples with ancestry informative markers

(2015) Raquel Godinho et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

KITand melanoma predisposition in pigs: sequence variants and association analysis

(2014) A. Fernández-Rodríguez et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Genome data from a sixteenth century pig illuminate modern breed relationships

(2014) O Ramírez et al.   HEREDITY

Conservation of cattle genetic resources: the role of breeds

(2014) M. FELIUS et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication

(2014) F. B. Marshall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies

(2014) G. Larson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Using traditional biometrical data to distinguish West Palearctic wild boar and domestic pigs in the archaeological record: new methods and standards

(2013) Allowen Evin et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments

(2013) J. Dabney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A population genetics view of animal domestication

(2013) Greger Larson et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics

(2012) Claudio Ottoni et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis reveals recent genetic introgression from domestic pigs into Northwest European wild boar populations

(2012) D. J. GOEDBLOED et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Dig into the Past Mitochondrial Diversity of Corsican Goats Reveals the Influence of Secular Herding Practices

(2012) Sandrine Hughes et al.   PLoS One

Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography

(2012) G. Larson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mitochondrial lineages reveal intense gene flow between Iberian wild boars and South Iberian pig breeds

(2011) B. van Asch et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Genome-Wide Footprints of Pig Domestication and Selection Revealed through Massive Parallel Sequencing of Pooled DNA

(2011) Andreia J. Amaral et al.   PLoS One

Genetic heterogeneity and selection signature at the KIT gene in pigs showing different coat colours and patterns

(2010) L. Fontanesi et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Genetic diversity in farm animals - a review

(2010) L. F. Groeneveld et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Meta-analysis of zooarchaeological data from SW Asia and SE Europe provides insight into the origins and spread of animal husbandry

(2010) James Conolly et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Patterns of East Asian pig domestication, migration, and turnover revealed by modern and ancient DNA

(2010) Greger Larson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revealing the History of Sheep Domestication Using Retrovirus Integrations

(2009) B. Chessa et al.   SCIENCE

Size and shape of the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), with a view to the reconstruction of its Holocene history

(2009) Umberto Albarella et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, diffusion, and impact

(2008) M. A. Zeder   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA