Origin of dromedary domestication discovered
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
Dromedaries have been used for transportation for over 3,000 years. But it was not known where they were first domesticated or which genetic structure was selected in the process. A team of researchers including Pamela Burger of Vetmeduni Vienna now identified the origin of the domesticated dromedary and showed that the dromedaries, unlike other domesticated animals, have maintained extensive gene flow in the modern population. The study is published in the journal PNAS.