Decoding the genetic history of the Texas longhorn

Monday, March 25, 2013 - 16:03 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers analyzed almost 50,000 genetic markers from 58 cattle breeds. They found that the Longhorn genome traces back through Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the New World, the Moorish invasion of Spain and the ancient domestication of the aurochs in the Middle East and India.

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