Finlay E K, Gaillard C, Vahidi S M F, Mirhoseini S Z, Jianlin H, Qi X B, El-Barody M A A, Baird J F, Healy B C, Bradley D G
Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Biol Lett. 2007 Aug 22;3(4):449-52. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0146.
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.
利用贝叶斯天际线图估计了四种家养牛和一种野生牛的过去种群动态，这是一种不要求假定人口历史参数模型的合并马尔可夫链蒙特卡罗方法。四种家养牛都经历了近期的快速种群扩张，而野生非洲水牛（非洲水牛属）则没有这种情况。估计的扩张时间与驯化的考古记录一致。
