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SUMMARY:Ancient DNA\, extinction\, domestication and the cost of modern fa
 rming - Dr Laurent Frantz\, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences\, Q
 ueen Mary University of London
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Beginning with dogs over 15\,000 years ago\, the domestication
  of plants and animals has played a key role in the development of modern 
 societies. Given its fundamental importance\, a vast body of literature fr
 om a wide variety of academic disciplines has explored the origins of dome
 stication. Ancient DNA in particular\, obtained both modern and archaeolog
 ical samples\, have had a tremendous impact on our understanding of animal
  domestication\, not only allowing us to retrace their geographic and temp
 oral origin but also to understand fundamental evolutionary processes. Her
 e I will present recent work from my group\, on pigs\, dogs and chickens t
 hat highlights how ancient DNA is revolutionising our understanding of the
 ir history.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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