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Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary (2016)
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Almathen, F., Charruau, P., Mohandesan, E., Mwacharo, J. M., Orozco-terWengel, P., Pitt, D., …Burger, P. A. (2016). Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(24), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1519508113

Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they continue to be an important livestock resource in marginal agro-ecological zone... Read More about Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary.