Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East

Anna Olivieri; Francesca Gandini; Alessandro Achilli; Alessandro Fichera; Ermanno Rizzi; Silvia Bonfiglio; Vincenza Battaglia; Stefania Brandini; Anna De Gaetano; Ahmed El-Beltagi; Hovirag Lancioni; Saif Agha; Ornella Semino; Luca Ferretti; Antonio Torroni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141170

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Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East

Anna Olivieri ,

* E-mail: anna.olivieri@unipv.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Francesca Gandini,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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Alessandro Achilli,

Affiliations Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Alessandro Fichera,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Ermanno Rizzi,

Affiliations Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Segrate (Milano), Italy, Fondazione Telethon, Milano, Italy
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Silvia Bonfiglio,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Vincenza Battaglia,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Stefania Brandini,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Anna De Gaetano,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Ahmed El-Beltagi,

Affiliation Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt
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Hovirag Lancioni,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Saif Agha,

Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ornella Semino,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Luca Ferretti,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Antonio Torroni

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "L. Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Mitogenomes from Egyptian Cattle Breeds: New Clues on the Origin of Haplogroup Q and the Early Spread of Bos taurus from the Near East

Anna Olivieri,
Francesca Gandini,
Alessandro Achilli,
Alessandro Fichera,
Ermanno Rizzi,
Silvia Bonfiglio,
Vincenza Battaglia,
Stefania Brandini,
Anna De Gaetano,
Ahmed El-Beltagi

Published: October 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141170

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