News tagged with domestic cow

MtDNA tests trace all modern horses back to single ancestor 140,000 years ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years archeologists and other scientists have debated the origins of the domesticated horse. Nailing down a time frame is important because many historians view the relationship between ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

New cow genome sequence released

Scientists from the University of Maryland have published their assembly of the domestic cow (Bos taurus), an important new resource for the genetics community. The new version of the cow genome improves consid ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0