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Comment
. 2016 May 10;113(19):E2554-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600225113. Epub 2016 Apr 20.

Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs

Guo-Dong Wang  1 , Min-Sheng Peng  2 , He-Chuan Yang  2 , Peter Savolainen  3 , Ya-Ping Zhang  4
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Questioning the evidence for a Central Asian domestication origin of dogs

Guo-Dong Wang et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
(A) Map showing the location of Mongolia and Nepal, and Ying Jiang in southern China. (B) LD decay curves for village dogs worldwide based on the data from Shannon et al. (1), and the Ying Jiang village dogs. The dashed lines represent the populations from Mongolia (gray) and Nepal (blue), respectively. The grass green line represents the population from Ying Jiang, southern China.
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  • Reply to Wang et al.: Sequencing datasets do not refute Central Asian domestication origin of dogs.
    Shannon LM, Boyko RH, Castelhano M, Corey E, Hayward JJ, McLean C, White ME, Abi Said MR, Anita BA, Bondjengo NI, Calero J, Galov A, Hedimbi M, Imam B, Khalap R, Lally D, Masta A, Oliveira KC, Pérez L, Randall J, Tam NM, Trujillo-Cornejo FJ, Valeriano C, Sutter NB, Todhunter RJ, Bustamante CD, Boyko AR. Shannon LM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 May 10;113(19):E2556-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600618113. Epub 2016 Apr 20. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016. PMID: 27099288 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comment on

  • Genetic structure in village dogs reveals a Central Asian domestication origin.
    Shannon LM, Boyko RH, Castelhano M, Corey E, Hayward JJ, McLean C, White ME, Abi Said M, Anita BA, Bondjengo NI, Calero J, Galov A, Hedimbi M, Imam B, Khalap R, Lally D, Masta A, Oliveira KC, Pérez L, Randall J, Tam NM, Trujillo-Cornejo FJ, Valeriano C, Sutter NB, Todhunter RJ, Bustamante CD, Boyko AR. Shannon LM, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 3;112(44):13639-44. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516215112. Epub 2015 Oct 19. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26483491 Free PMC article.

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