PSVII-23 Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA D-loop region for excavated horse bones at the Asian archaeological sites

ABSTRACT: Abstract Horses have played a significant role in the development of human society. As an important domestic animal, horses have been used for transport, labor, food and recreation. It is widely accepted that the horse was probably first domesticated on the Eurasian steppes from Ukraine to Turkestan between the fifth and fourth millennium BC, and the earliest domesticated horses subsequently spread out from their original range. However, we currently have little genetic evidence to demonstrate whether Korean domestic horse breeds originated in Korea or if it came into the area via an ancient migration route. In the present study, to obtain more knowledge of the origin and genetic diversity of Korean domestic horses, we analyzed seventeen 247-bp mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop sequences of

SUBMITTER: Cha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6898350 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature