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Insights into early pig domestication provided by ancient DNA analysis

Pigs (Sus scrofa) were first domesticated between 8,500 and 8,000 cal BC in the Near East, from where they were subsequently brought into Europe by agriculturalists. Soon after the arrival of the first domestic pigs in northern Europe (~4500 BC), farmers are thought to have started to incorporate lo...

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Autores principales: Caliebe, Amke, Nebel, Almut, Makarewicz, Cheryl, Krawczak, Michael, Krause-Kyora, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300151
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44550