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HIGH MITOCHONDRIAL DIVERSITY OF DOMESTICATED GOATS PERSISTED AMONG BRONZE AND IRON AGE PASTORALISTS IN THE INNER ASIAN MOUNTAIN CORRIDOR

Hermes, Taylor R.; Frachetti, Michael D.; Voyakin, Dmitriy; Yerlomaeva, Antonina S.; Beisenov, Arman Z.; Doumani Dupuy, Paula N.; Papin, Dmitry V.; Matuzeviciute, Giedre Motuzaite; Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav; Houle, Jean-Luc; Tishkin, Alexey A.; Nebel, Almut; Krause-Kyora, Ben; Makarewicz, Cheryl A. (Public Library of Science, 2020-05-21)

Goats were initially managed in the Near East approximately 10,000 years ago and spread across Eurasia as economically productive and environmentally resilient herd animals. While the geographic origins of domesticated ...