Bayesian inference of population expansions in domestic bovines.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Finlay EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2111054 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature