title: Bayesian inference of population expansions in domestic bovines.
abstract: The past population dynamics of four domestic and one wild species of bovine were estimated using Bayesian skyline plots, a coalescent Markov chain Monte Carlo method that does not require an assumed parametric model of demographic history. Four domestic species share a recent rapid population expansion not visible in the wild African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). The estimated timings of the expansions are consistent with the archaeological records of domestication.
authors.affiliation: Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. emmafinlay@gmail.com
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.forename: S M F
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Vahidi
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Mirhoseini
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jianlin
authors.forename: X B
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: M A A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Barody
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Bradley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D008390:Markov Chains; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D010802:Phylogeny; D011156:Population Density; D011158:Population Growth; D012418:Ruminants / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial