Table 1.

Summary of the mitochondrial D-loop alignment analysed in this study.

		number of sequences
species		modern	ancient	age range (years)
European aurochs	Bos primigenius	0	34	2000–11 930
bison	Bison bison	82	158	0–60 400
taurine cow	Bos taurus	91	36	0–8065
yak	Bos grunniens	50	0	—
zebu cow	Bos indicus	30	0	—
total		253	228	0–60 400