The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world

@article{Ottoni2017ThePO,
  title={The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world},
  author={Claudio Ottoni and Wim Van Neer and Bea De Cupere and Julien Daligault and Silvia Guimaraes and Joris Peters and N. Spassov and Mary E. Prendergast and Nicole E. Boivin and Arturo Morales-Mu{\~n}iz and Adrian Bǎlǎşescu and Cornelia Becker and Norbert Benecke and Adina Boroneanț and H. ext. Buitenhuis and Jwana Chahoud and Alison Crowther and Laura de Castro Llorente and Nina Manaseryan and Herv{\'e} Monchot and Vedat Onar and Marta Osypińska and Olivier Putelat and Er{\'e}ndira M. Quintana Morales and Jacqueline Studer and Ursula Wierer and Ronny Decorte and Thierry Grange and Eva-Maria Geigl},
  journal={Nature Ecology and Evolution},
  year={2017},
  volume={1},
  pages={0139}
}
Ancient DNA analysis of archaeological cat remains shows cats dispersed along trade routes from the Neolithic era onwards, while its gene pool shows admixture from multiple geographical sources and that the tabby allele originated in the Middle Ages. 
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