The Bovine Heritage of the Yak (IMAGE)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

The Bovine Heritage of the Yak

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The first systematic genome-wide comparison of the genetic heritage of yaks and cattle shows that about 1.5 percent of the genome of Mongolian yaks is derived from domesticated cattle.

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Sonja_Mathis

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