Hair from mummy's clothes provides insights into red deer lineage

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Genetic analysis of Neolithic deer hair from Italian Alps mummy's clothes ties deer population to modern day western European lineage, in contrast to the eastern lineage found in the Italian alps today, according to a study published July 2, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Cristina Olivieri from University of Camerino, Italy and colleagues.

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