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

Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans

(2014) Iosif Lazaridis et al.   NATURE

Incorporation of aurochs into a cattle herd in Neolithic Europe: single event or breeding?

(2014) Jörg Schibler et al.   Scientific Reports

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

Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

(2012) P. Skoglund et al.   SCIENCE

The genetic history of Europeans

(2012) Ron Pinhasi et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Ancient DNA extracted from Danish aurochs (Bos primigenius): Genetic diversity and preservation

(2011) Peter Gravlund et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

Last hunter-gatherers and first farmers of Europe

(2011) Anne Tresset et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Conservation genetics of cattle, sheep, and goats

(2011) Pierre Taberlet et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Population dynamic of the extinct European aurochs: genetic evidence of a north-south differentiation pattern and no evidence of post-glacial expansion

(2010) Stefano Mona et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

(2010) LAURENT EXCOFFIER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The Enigmatic Origin of Bovine mtDNA Haplogroup R: Sporadic Interbreeding or an Independent Event of Bos primigenius Domestication in Italy?

(2010) Silvia Bonfiglio et al.   PLoS One

Cytochrome bsequences of ancient cattle and wild ox support phylogenetic complexity in the ancient and modern bovine populations

(2009) F. Stock et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

An examination of positive selection and changing effective population size in Angus and Holstein cattle populations (Bos taurus) using a high density SNP genotyping platform and the contribution of ancient polymorphism to genomic diversity in Domestic cattle

(2009) Sean MacEachern et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Multifaceted Origin of Taurine Cattle Reflected by the Mitochondrial Genome

(2009) Alessandro Achilli et al.   PLoS One

Using Classical Population Genetics Tools with Heterochroneous Data: Time Matters!

(2009) Frantz Depaulis et al.   PLoS One

Genetic Discontinuity Between Local Hunter-Gatherers and Central Europe's First Farmers

(2009) B. Bramanti et al.   SCIENCE

The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe

(2009) Yuval Itan et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

(2008) Alessandro Achilli et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Y-SNPs Do Not Indicate Hybridisation between European Aurochs and Domestic Cattle

(2008) Ruth Bollongino et al.   PLoS One

Ancient DNA provides no evidence for independent domestication of cattle in Mesolithic Rosenhof, Northern Germany

(2007) Amelie Scheu et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE