aurochs: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle. Sep 11, 2026
Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Bos primigenius in Ancient Egyptian art – historical evidence for the continuity of occurrence and ecology of an extinct key species (PDF). Mar 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Genetics - Genome-Wide microRNA binding site variation between Extinct Wild Aurochs and Modern Cattle Identifies Candidate microRNA-Regulated Domestication Genes. Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle. Jun 07, 2025
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - Bringing back the aurochs. Apr 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - History, Morphology and Ecology of the Aurochs (PDF). Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle. Nov 19, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Incorporation of aurochs into a cattle herd in Neolithic Europe: single event or breeding? Sep 23, 2024
Add new Web site: CNN - The wild, extinct supercow returning to Europe. Jun 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Geographical Variation of the European aurochs. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Harvard University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Center for History and Economics - Aurochs. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Heredity - Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos primigenius) and primitive European cattle. May 10, 2023
Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle. Apr 01, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Aurochs. Nov 02, 2021
Add new Web site: Central Asia for Kids - Aurochs. Feb 05, 2015
Added image of an aurochs skeleton. Jul 11, 2014
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Aurochs. Jun 02, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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