Ovis
- Ovis ammon (argali)
- Ovis aries (mouflon, feral sheep)
- Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)
- Ovis dalli (dall sheep, Dall's sheep, Fannin's sheep, Stone's sheep)
- Ovis nivicola (snow sheep)
- Ovis vignei (urial)
References
Hiendleder, S., B. Kaupe, R. Wassmuth, and A. Janke. 2002 Molecular analysis of wild and domestic sheep questions current nomenclature and provides evidence for domestication from two different subspecies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 269:893-904.
Hiendleder, S., K. Mainz, Y. Plante, and H. Lewalski. 1998. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that domestic sheep are derived from two different ancestral maternal sources: no evidence for contributions from urial and argali sheep. Journal of Heredity 89:113-120.
Pedrosa, S., M. Uzun, J.-J. Arranz, B. Gutiérrez-Gil, F. San Primitivo, and Y. Bayón. 2005. Evidence of three maternal lineages in near eastern sheep supporting multiple domestication events. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 272:2211-2217.
Wu, C.H., Y.P. Zhang, T.D. Bunch, S. Wang, and W. Wang. 2003 Mitochondrial control region sequence variation within argali wild sheep (Ovis ammon): evolution and conservation relevance. Mammalia 67:109-118.
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