Cymbron Teresa, Freeman Abigail R, Isabel Malheiro M, Vigne Jean-Denis, Bradley Daniel G
Laboratory of Cytogenetics, ICBAS, Abel Salazar Institute for Biomedical Sciences, CECA, Center for the Study of Animal Sciences, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
Proc Biol Sci. 2005 Sep 7;272(1574):1837-43. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3138.
Based on archaeological evidence, the spread of agropastoralism across Europe followed two main paths: the Danubian route, along which Neolithic farmers expanded north across the central European plains; and the Mediterranean route, where migration occurred along the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Here we examine 20 cattle breeds from the continent and assess the genetic diversity levels and relationships among the breeds using 19 microsatellite markers. Additionally, we show evidence that concords with two distinct cattle migrations from the Near East, and also demonstrate that Mediterranean cattle breeds may have had more recent input from both the Near East and Africa.
基于考古证据，农牧混合经济在欧洲的传播主要有两条路径：多瑙河路线，新石器时代的农民沿着这条路线向北扩展至中欧平原；以及地中海路线，人口迁移沿着地中海海岸发生。在这里，我们研究了来自欧洲大陆的20个牛品种，并使用19个微卫星标记评估了这些品种之间的遗传多样性水平和关系。此外，我们展示的证据与来自近东的两次不同的牛迁移相一致，并且还证明地中海牛品种可能在近期从近东和非洲都获得了基因输入。
