Bayesian inference of population expansions in domestic bovines.
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.
Finlay
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Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. emmafinlay@gmail.com
Gaillard
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Vahidi
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Mirhoseini
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Jianlin
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Qi
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El-Barody
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Baird
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Healy
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Bradley
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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
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial