The archaeological documentation of the development of sedentary farming societies in
Anatolia is not yet mirrored by a genetic understanding of the human populations involved, in …

Sheep were among the first domesticated animals, but their demographic history is little
understood. Here we analyzed nuclear polymorphism and mitochondrial data (mtDNA) from …

Two anchovy forms identified from their external morphology and designated as ‘Silver’ and
‘Blue’ anchovies were captured in Mersin Bay (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Silver anchovy …

Objectives North Mesopotamia has witnessed dramatic social change during the Holocene,
but the impact of these events on its demographic history is poorly understood. Here, we …

The genetic diversity of the Mediterranean swordfish (Xiphias gladius Linneus) has not
been explored extensively at its easternmost range so far. In this study, modern X. gladius …

… By another program written by SC Açan, output files, consisting of 1000 F S T matrices, in
Arlequin 3.01 software [3] were transformed into input file format of CONSENSE program in …

Recently, manuscripts that use bioinformatics tools to convert proteins and other biological
materials into music have appeared in several journals. The authors claim that this type of …

In the first part of the present study, samples of 13 native Turkish sheep breeds (n=628)
were examined, individually and comparatively, with respect to their 19 microsatellite loci to …

Genetic diversity within and among 13 sheep breeds which are mostly native breeds of
Turkey were investigated using mtDNA haplogroups determined by ND2 SSCP and 20 …

Background: Turkey is a crossroads of major population movements throughout history and
has been a hotspot of cultural interactions. Several studies have investigated the complex …