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Published online 8 May 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010510-4
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Have goat, will travel
The hardy goat has accompanied humans wherever they have wandered.
A goat seems to have been the must-have accessory for any prehistoric farmer with wanderlust. Patterns of genetic variation in modern goats reveal that, although they were domesticated in several places, the descendents of these pioneers have since intermingled, interbred and spread far and wide, to a far greater extent than other livestock species1.
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