Genetic aspects of domestication
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2015
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Lenstra, Johannes A.
Felius, M.
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Garrick, Dorian J.
Ruvinsky, Anatoly
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The available data on the domestication and history of cattle are summarized in this chapter, including the appearance of phenotypes that today are the subject of genetic research. Focus is given on taurine cattle spread over the old world, zebus around the equator, large taurines during classical antiquity, small cattle in medieval Europe, modernization of cattle husbandry and industrial cattle, crossbreds and local breeds.
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Lenstra, J A & Felius, M 2015, Genetic aspects of domestication. in D J Garrick & A Ruvinsky (eds), The genetics of cattle. 2 edn, CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780642215.0019