Literature list
Overall studies (history, morphology, behavior, ecology)
Dr. Azor Ortiz and Dr. Luque Moya, phenotype, vegetation use, genotype and natural
behavior of Pajuna cattle [personal communication, 2009-2011]
Bunzel-Drüke, M., Ecological substitutes for Wild Horse (Equus ferus Boddaert, 1785 = E.
przewalslii Poljakov, 1881) and Aurochs (Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827). Natur- und
Kulturlandschaft, Höxter/Jena 2001, 4, 10 p. AFKP
Magret Bunzel-Drüke M., Drüke J., Vierhaus H., Der Einfluss von Großherbivoren auf die
Naturlandschaft Mitteleuropas, Soest, 2001
Ciani F. , Giorgetti A., Sargentini C., Occidente M., Mattasino D. , Bovino Maremmano
“Primitivo” Ecologia, Origine Etologia e Allevamento, Località Piano Capelle, 2011
Dzieduszycki A.M., Slomski R., Ryba M.S., Will an Aurochs Come Back to Polish Forests?
(Bibliotheca Turcoviana), Poznan, 2010
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Dr. Franklin S., Differences between Bos Taurus and Bos Indicus, a detailed account of a
personal investigation [personal communication, 2010-2011]
Frisch W., Der Auerochs: Das europäische Rind, 2010
Dr. Ginja, C., Portuguese cattle breeds for aurochs backbreeding project [personal
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Ho S.Y., Larson G, Edwards C.J., Heupink T.H., Lakin K.E., Holland P.W., Shapiro B.,
Correlating Bayesian date estimates with climatic events and domestication using a bovine
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René Kysely, Aurochs and potential crossbreeding with domestic cattle in Central Europe in
the Eneolithic period. A metric analysis of bones from the archaeological site of Kutná Hora Denemark (Czech Republic), in: Anthropozoologica 43 (2), 2008
Daniel Lipinski, Hanna Pryzstalowska, Marlena Szalata, Joanna Zeyland, Karolina Wielgus,
Hieronim Frackowiak, Alexander M. Dzieduszycki, Miroslaw S. Ryba, Ryszard Slomski,
Biotechnology in the restoration of extinct animal species. An analysis of genomic and
mitochondrial DNA of aurochs, in: BioTechnologia, vol. 92, pages: 13-21, 2011
Prof. Matassino and Dr. Ciani, Maremmana primitiva, history and ecotype [article and
personal communication 2008-2012]
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Patou-Mathis et al., Aurochs, le Retour; aurochs, vaches et autres bovins de la prehistoire a
nos jours, 1994
Rokosz, M., History of the aurochs (Bos taurus primigenius) in Poland, in: Animal Genetic
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Dr. Vidal Gorosquita, Galician primitive cattle breeds that are suitable for the aurochs
backbreeding program [document and personal communication, 2009-2011]
Van Vuure, C.T. History, morphology and ecology of the Aurochs (Bos primigenius). Lutra
45-1, 2002
Vuure, C., Retracing the Aurochs: History, Morphology and Ecology of an Extinct Wild Ox.
Pensoft Publishers. Sofia-Moscow, 2005
Isotope studies
Dr. Grandal d’Anglade, Dr. Vidal Gorosquita, Isotope studies on Galician aurochs material
[personal communication, 2009-2011]
Anthony H. Lynch, Julie Hamilton & Robert E.M. Hedges, Where the wild things are: aurochs
and cattle in England, in: ANTIQUITY 82, pages: 1025–1039, 2008
N Noe-Nygaard, T D Price, S U Hede, Diet of aurochs and early cattle in southern
Scandinavia: evidence from 15N and 13C stable isotopes, in: Journal of Archaeological
Science, Volume: 32, Issue: 6, Pages: 855-871, 2005
Towers, Jaqueline; Montgomery, Janet; Evans, Jane; Jay, Mandy; Pearson, Mike Parker. An
investigation of the origins of cattle and aurochs deposited in the Early Bronze Age barrows
at Gayhurst and Irthlingborough, in: Journal of Archaeological Sciences, 37 (3). 508-515,
2009
Nuclear DNA
Bovine Genome Database: http://genomes.arc.georgetown.edu/drupal/bovine/
Genetic research
Alessandro Achilli, Anna Olivieri, Marco Pellecchia, Cristina Uboldi, Licia Colli, Nadia AlZahery, Matteo Accetturo, Maria Pala, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, Ugo A. Perego, Vincenza
Battaglia, Simona Fornarino, Javad Kalamati, Massoud Houshmand, Riccardo Negrini,
Ornella Semino, Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay, Luca Ferretti, Hans-Jürgen Bandelt,
Paolo Ajmone-Marsan and Antonio Torroni, Mitochondrial genomes of extinct
aurochs survive in domestic cattle, in: Current Biology volume 18, no 4, 2008
S. Bonfiglio, A. Achili, A. Olivieri, R. Negrini, L. Colli, L. Liotta, P. Ajmone-Marsan, A. Torroni,
L. Ferretti, The enigmatic origin of bovine mtDNA haplogroup R: sporadic interbreeding or an
independent event of Bos primigenius domestication in Italy?, Pavia, 2010
Cortés O, Tupac-Yupanqui I, Dunner S, García-Atance MA, García D, Fernández J, Cañón
J., Ancestral matrilineages and mitochondrial DNA diversity of the Lidia cattle breed, in:
Animal Genetic 39 (6), 2008, pp. 649 – 654
Edwards CJ, Magee DA, Park SDE, McGettigan PA, Lohan AJ, et al., A Complete
Mitochondrial Genome Sequence from a Mesolithic Wild Aurochs (Bos primigenius). PLoS
ONE 5(2): e9255. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009255, 2010
C. Ginja, L. Telo da Gama, M.C. Penedo, Y chromosome haplotype analysis in Portuguese
cattle breeds using SNPs and STRs., Lisboa, 2009
P. Gravlund, K. Aaris-Sørensen, M. Hofreiter, M. Meyer, J.P. Bollback, N. Noe-Nygaard,
Ancient DNA extracted from Danish aurochs (Bos primigenius): genetic diversity and
preservation, Copenhagen, 2011
Martina Lari, Ermanno Rizzi, Stefano Mona, Giorgio Corti, Giulio Catalano, Kefei Chen,
Cristiano Vernesi, Greger Larson, Paolo Boscato, Gianluca De Bellis, Alan Cooper, David
Caramelli, and Giorgio Bertorelle, The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of an 11,450-yearold Aurochsen (Bos primigenius) from Central Italy, in: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Stefano Mona, Giulio Catalano, Martina Lari, Greger Larson, Paolo Boscato, Antonella
Casoli, Luca Sineo, Carolina Di Patti, Elena Pecchioli, David Caramelli, Giorgio Bertorelle,
Population dynamic of the extinct European aurochs: genetic evidence of a north-south
differentiation pattern and no evidence of post-glacial expansion, in: BMC Evolutionary
Biology 10:83, 2010
Priskin K, Tömöry G, Bogácsi-Szabó E, Csányi B, Raskó I., Mitochondrial DNA control region
analysis of a late Neolithic aurochs (Bos primigenius Boj. 1827) from the Carpathian Basin,
in: Acta Biologica Hungarica, 58 Suppl:131-7, 2007
Color genetics
David M. Hillis, The Genetics of Coloration in Texas Longhorns, in: Texas Longhorn Trails,
june edition, 2004
Olson, T. A., Genetics of Colour Variation, Gepubliceerd in: Fries, R. & Ruvinsky, A., The
Genetics of Cattle. Pp. 33-53. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 1999
Sheila Schmutz, Genetics of Coat Color in Cattle, online, University of Saskatchewan, 2010
Skull and dental research
Brudnicki W., Brudnicki A., Kirkiłło-Stacewicz K., Grzywacz K., Nowicki W., Skoczylas B.,
Wach J., The Characteristics of the cheek teeth in Aurochs (Bos Primigenius Bojanus [1827]
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Brudnicki W., Grzywacz K., Brudnicki A., Kirkiłło-Stacewicz K., Nowicki W., Wach J.,
Skoczylas B., Jabłoński R., Morphometric characteristics of the skull of Aurochs (Bos
Primigenius Bojanus 1827) from the Tuchola forest, in: Journal of Central European
Agriculture 13 (2), 2012, pp. 330-340
Brudnicki W., Nowicki W., Brudnicki A., Skoczylas B., Kirkiłło-Stacewicz K., Wach J.,
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Horns and hornform
Claude GUINTARD, Le cornage primigène (ou primigenius), caractéristiques, variabilité et
intérêt pour lʼaurochs-reconstitué, in: Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève (décembre 2005) Vol.
spéc. 10, pp. 259-269, 2005
Behavior
J.K. Blackshaw, Notes on some topics in applied animal behaviour, Brisbane, 1986, updated:
P. McGreevy, Sydney, 2004
J. Brouček, M. Uhrinčať, M. Šoch, P. Kišac, Genetics of behaviour in cattle, in: Slovak J.
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J. C. Mosley, Influence of Social Dominance on Habitat Selection by Free-Ranging
Ungulates, in: Grazing Behavior of Livestock and Wildlife, Moscow, 1999, pp. 109 – 118
B. Mounaix, X. Boivin, A. Brule, T. Schmitt, Cattle behaviour and the human-animal
relationship: Variation factors and consequences in breeding, Le Rheu,
K. P. Patison, Exploring the social behaviour of cattle: the effect of the presence of familiar
and unfamiliar individuals; A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements
of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Melbourne, 2011
B. F. Sowell, J. C. Mosley, J. G. P. Bowman, Social behavior of grazing beef cattle:
Implications for management, Proceedings of the American Society of Animal Science,
Bozeman, 1999