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Editorial
. 2016 Jun 14;113(24):6588-90.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606340113. Epub 2016 May 25.

Back to the roots and routes of dromedary domestication

Ludovic Orlando  1
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Editorial

Back to the roots and routes of dromedary domestication

Ludovic Orlando. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Dromedary current range. Past Incense land routes, the extent of the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, and the location of archeological sites that delivered dromedary ancient mtDNA are indicated.
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Comment in

  • Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary.
    Almathen F, Charruau P, Mohandesan E, Mwacharo JM, Orozco-terWengel P, Pitt D, Abdussamad AM, Uerpmann M, Uerpmann HP, De Cupere B, Magee P, Alnaqeeb MA, Salim B, Raziq A, Dessie T, Abdelhadi OM, Banabazi MH, Al-Eknah M, Walzer C, Faye B, Hofreiter M, Peters J, Hanotte O, Burger PA. Almathen F, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jun 14;113(24):6707-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519508113. Epub 2016 May 9. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016. PMID: 27162355 Free PMC article.

Comment on

  • Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary.
    Almathen F, Charruau P, Mohandesan E, Mwacharo JM, Orozco-terWengel P, Pitt D, Abdussamad AM, Uerpmann M, Uerpmann HP, De Cupere B, Magee P, Alnaqeeb MA, Salim B, Raziq A, Dessie T, Abdelhadi OM, Banabazi MH, Al-Eknah M, Walzer C, Faye B, Hofreiter M, Peters J, Hanotte O, Burger PA. Almathen F, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jun 14;113(24):6707-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519508113. Epub 2016 May 9. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016. PMID: 27162355 Free PMC article.

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