Phylogenetic distinctiveness of Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian village dog Y chromosomes illuminates dog origins.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Sarah K Brown, Niels C Pedersen, Sardar Jafarishorijeh, Danika L Bannasch, Kristen D Ahrens, Jui-Te Wu, Michaella Okon, Benjamin N Sacks
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; The ''Y''; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028496; https://doaj.org/article/9b7d926864eb411692ea149aa31dde14

Modern genetic samples are commonly used to trace dog origins, which entails untested assumptions that village dogs reflect indigenous ancestry or that breed origins can be reliably traced to particular regions. We used high-resolution Y chromosome markers (SNP and STR) and mitochondrial DNA to anal...