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Sinding MHS, Ciucani MM, Ramos-Madrigal J, Carmagnini A, Rasmussen JA, Feng S, Chen G, Vieira FG, Mattiangeli V, Ganjoo RK, Larson G, Sicheritz-Pontén T, Petersen B, Frantz L, Gilbert MTP, Bradley DG. Kouprey ( Bos sauveli) genomes unveil polytomic origin of wild Asian Bos. iScience 2021; 24:103226. [PMID: 34712923 PMCID: PMC8531564 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The evolution of the genera Bos and Bison, and the nature of gene flow between wild and domestic species, is poorly understood, with genomic data of wild species being limited. We generated two genomes from the likely extinct kouprey (Bos sauveli) and analyzed them alongside other Bos and Bison genomes. We found that B. sauveli possessed genomic signatures characteristic of an independent species closely related to Bos javanicus and Bos gaurus. We found evidence for extensive incomplete lineage sorting across the three species, consistent with a polytomic diversification of the major ancestry in the group, potentially followed by secondary gene flow. Finally, we detected significant gene flow from an unsampled Asian Bos-like source into East Asian zebu cattle, demonstrating both that the full genomic diversity and evolutionary history of the Bos complex has yet to be elucidated and that museum specimens and ancient DNA are valuable resources to do so. We generated two genomes from the likely extinct kouprey (Bos sauveli) Extensive mt and nuclear-genome-wide incomplete lineage sorting across wild Asian Bos Initial polytomic diversification of the wild Asian Bos—kouprey, banteng, and gaur
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Palaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Centre of Excellence for Omics-Driven Computational Biodiscovery (COMBio), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia
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- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Centre of Excellence for Omics-Driven Computational Biodiscovery (COMBio), Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- Palaeogenomics Group, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University Museum, Trondheim, Norway
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Hempel E, Westbury MV, Grau JH, Trinks A, Paijmans JLA, Kliver S, Barlow A, Mayer F, Müller J, Chen L, Koepfli KP, Hofreiter M, Bibi F. Diversity and Paleodemography of the Addax ( Addax nasomaculatus), a Saharan Antelope on the Verge of Extinction. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12081236. [PMID: 34440410 PMCID: PMC8394336 DOI: 10.3390/genes12081236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Since the 19th century, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus) has lost approximately 99% of its former range. Along with its close relatives, the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) and the scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), the addax may be the third large African mammal species to go extinct in the wild in recent times. Despite this, the evolutionary history of this critically endangered species remains virtually unknown. To gain insight into the population history of the addax, we used hybridization capture to generate ten complete mitochondrial genomes from historical samples and assembled a nuclear genome. We found that both mitochondrial and nuclear diversity are low compared to other African bovids. Analysis of mitochondrial genomes revealed a most recent common ancestor ~32 kya (95% CI 11–58 kya) and weak phylogeographic structure, indicating that the addax likely existed as a highly mobile, panmictic population across its Sahelo–Saharan range in the past. PSMC analysis revealed a continuous decline in effective population size since ~2 Ma, with short intermediate increases at ~500 and ~44 kya. Our results suggest that the addax went through a major bottleneck in the Late Pleistocene, remaining at low population size prior to the human disturbances of the last few centuries.
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- Elisabeth Hempel
- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (J.M.); (F.B.)
- Correspondence:
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- Section for Evolutionary Genomics, The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (J.M.); (F.B.)
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- Institute of Pathology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK;
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SB RAS, 8/2 Acad. Lavrentiev Ave, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia;
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK;
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (J.M.); (F.B.)
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (J.M.); (F.B.)
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China;
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- Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA;
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Species Survival, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA
- Computer Technologies Laboratory, ITMO University, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Evolutionary Adaptive Genomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (J.H.G.); (M.H.)
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (J.M.); (F.B.)
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Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches. DIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/d13080370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth.
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Gelabert P, Sawyer S, Bergström A, Margaryan A, Collin TC, Meshveliani T, Belfer-Cohen A, Lordkipanidze D, Jakeli N, Matskevich Z, Bar-Oz G, Fernandes DM, Cheronet O, Özdoğan KT, Oberreiter V, Feeney RNM, Stahlschmidt MC, Skoglund P, Pinhasi R. Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3564-3574.e9. [PMID: 34256019 PMCID: PMC8409484 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cave sediments have been shown to preserve ancient DNA but so far have not yielded the genome-scale information of skeletal remains. We retrieved and analyzed human and mammalian nuclear and mitochondrial environmental "shotgun" genomes from a single 25,000-year-old Upper Paleolithic sediment sample from Satsurblia cave, western Georgia:first, a human environmental genome with substantial basal Eurasian ancestry, which was an ancestral component of the majority of post-Ice Age people in the Near East, North Africa, and parts of Europe; second, a wolf environmental genome that is basal to extant Eurasian wolves and dogs and represents a previously unknown, likely extinct, Caucasian lineage; and third, a European bison environmental genome that is basal to present-day populations, suggesting that population structure has been substantially reshaped since the Last Glacial Maximum. Our results provide new insights into the Late Pleistocene genetic histories of these three species and demonstrate that direct shotgun sequencing of sediment DNA, without target enrichment methods, can yield genome-wide data informative of ancestry and phylogenetic relationships.
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- Pere Gelabert
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Ancient Genomics Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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- Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Georgian National Museum, Institute of Paleoanthropology and Paleobiology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Georgian National Museum, Institute of Paleoanthropology and Paleobiology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Georgian National Museum, Institute of Paleoanthropology and Paleobiology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; CIAS, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Human Evolution, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Ancient Genomics Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Palmer A, Sommer V, Msindai JN. Hybrid apes in the Anthropocene: Burden or asset for conservation? PEOPLE AND NATURE 2021; 3:573-586. [PMID: 34805779 PMCID: PMC8581989 DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Conservationists often view hybrid animals as problematic, at least if anthropogenic influence caused the intermixing to occur. However, critics propose that humans should respect non-human autonomy, reject and accept the creatures they have helped to create.Based on two case studies of our own ethological, genetic and ethnographic research about chimpanzee and orangutan subspecies hybrids, we assess what, if anything, should be done about such animals. We consider problems posed by cross-bred apes relating to: (a) Breeding-Do hybrids really experience reduced reproductive success? How are population-level concerns and welfare of individual animals balanced in conservation breeding? (b) Essentialism-Are anti-hybrid arguments based on essentialist or purist thinking? Does essentialism vary by conservation context? (c) Pragmatism-How do socio-economic circumstances influence whether hybrids are embraced or ignored? Does the erosion of 'untouched nature' render hybrids more important?We show that answers to these questions are complex and context-specific, and that therefore decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis. For example, we find that anti-hybrid arguments are essentialist in some cases (e.g. ape management in zoos) but not in others (e.g. ape reintroduction). Thus, rather than present recommendations, we conclude by posing nine questions that conservationists should ask themselves when making decisions about taxonomic hybrids. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
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- Alexandra Palmer
- School of Geography and the EnvironmentUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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Meleshko O, Martin MD, Korneliussen TS, Schröck C, Lamkowski P, Schmutz J, Healey A, Piatkowski BT, Shaw AJ, Weston DJ, Flatberg KI, Szövényi P, Hassel K, Stenøien HK. Extensive Genome-Wide Phylogenetic Discordance Is Due to Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Not Ongoing Introgression in a Rapidly Radiated Bryophyte Genus. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:2750-2766. [PMID: 33681996 PMCID: PMC8233498 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The relative importance of introgression for diversification has long been a highly disputed topic in speciation research and remains an open question despite the great attention it has received over the past decade. Gene flow leaves traces in the genome similar to those created by incomplete lineage sorting (ILS), and identification and quantification of gene flow in the presence of ILS is challenging and requires knowledge about the true phylogenetic relationship among the species. We use whole nuclear, plastid, and organellar genomes from 12 species in the rapidly radiated, ecologically diverse, actively hybridizing genus of peatmoss (Sphagnum) to reconstruct the species phylogeny and quantify introgression using a suite of phylogenomic methods. We found extensive phylogenetic discordance among nuclear and organellar phylogenies, as well as across the nuclear genome and the nodes in the species tree, best explained by extensive ILS following the rapid radiation of the genus rather than by postspeciation introgression. Our analyses support the idea of ancient introgression among the ancestral lineages followed by ILS, whereas recent gene flow among the species is highly restricted despite widespread interspecific hybridization known in the group. Our results contribute to phylogenomic understanding of how speciation proceeds in rapidly radiated, actively hybridizing species groups, and demonstrate that employing a combination of diverse phylogenomic methods can facilitate untangling complex phylogenetic patterns created by ILS and introgression.
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- Olena Meleshko
- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- United States Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA.,HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.,Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Neov B, Spassov N, Hristova L, Hristov P, Radoslavov G. New data on the evolutionary history of the European bison ( Bison bonasus) based on subfossil remains from Southeastern Europe. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:2842-2848. [PMID: 33767840 PMCID: PMC7981210 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The origin and evolutionary history of the European bison Bison bonasus (wisent) have become clearer after several morphological, genomic, and paleogenomic studies in the last few years, but these paleogenomic studies have raised new questions about the evolution of the species. Here, we present additional information about the population diversity of the species based on the analysis of new subfossil Holocene remains from the Balkan Peninsula. Seven ancient samples excavated from caves in Western Stara Planina in Bulgaria were investigated by mitochondrial D-loop (HVR1) sequence analysis. The samples were dated to 3,800 years BP by radiocarbon analysis. Additionally, a phylogenetic analysis was performed to investigate the genetic relationship among the investigated samples and all mitochondrial DNA sequences from the genus Bison available in GenBank. The results clustered with the sequences from the extinct Holocene South-Eastern (Balkan) wisent to the fossil Alpine population from France, Austria, and Switzerland, but not with those from the recent Central European (North Sea) one and the now extinct Caucasian population. In conclusion, these data indicate that the Balkan wisent that existed in historical time represented a relict and probably an isolated population of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene South-Western mountainous population of the wisent.
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- Boyko Neov
- Department of Animal Diversity and ResourcesInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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- Palaeontology and Mineralogy DepartmentNational Museum of Natural HistoryBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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- Palaeontology and Mineralogy DepartmentNational Museum of Natural HistoryBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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- Department of Animal Diversity and ResourcesInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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- Department of Animal Diversity and ResourcesInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchBulgarian Academy of SciencesSofiaBulgaria
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Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus). Sci Rep 2021; 11:2100. [PMID: 33483538 PMCID: PMC7822880 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80142-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Native to southern Africa, the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) is the only large African mammal species known to have become extinct in historical times. However, it was poorly documented prior to its extinction ~ 1800 AD, and many of the small number of museum specimens attributed to it are taxonomically contentious. This places limitations on our understanding of its morphology, ecology, and the mechanisms responsible for its demise. We retrieved genetic information from ten of the sixteen putative blue antelope museum specimens using both shotgun sequencing and mitochondrial genome target capture in an attempt to resolve the uncertainty surrounding the identification of these specimens. We found that only four of the ten investigated specimens, and not a single skull, represent the blue antelope. This indicates that the true number of historical museum specimens of the blue antelope is even smaller than previously thought, and therefore hardly any reference material is available for morphometric, comparative and genetic studies. Our study highlights how genetics can be used to identify rare species in natural history collections where other methods may fail or when records are scarce. Additionally, we present an improved mitochondrial reference genome for the blue antelope as well as one complete and two partial mitochondrial genomes. A first analysis of these mitochondrial genomes indicates low levels of maternal genetic diversity in the ‘museum population’, possibly confirming previous results that blue antelope population size was already low at the time of the European colonization of South Africa.
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Kostyunina OV, Mikhailova ME, Dotsev AV, Zemlyanko II, Volkova VV, Fornara MS, Akopyan NA, Kramarenko AS, Okhlopkov IM, Aksenova PV, Tsibizova EL, Mnatsekanov RA, Zinovieva NA. Comparative Genetic Characteristics of the Russian and Belarusian Populations of Wisent (Bison bonasus), North American Bison (Bison bison) and Cattle (Bos taurus). CYTOL GENET+ 2020. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452720020085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hahn C. Assembly of Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes Without a Closely Related Reference Sequence. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1963:195-213. [PMID: 30875055 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9176-1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Recent methodological advances have transformed the field of ancient DNA (aDNA). Basic bioinformatics skills are becoming essential requirements to process and analyze the sheer amounts of data generated by current aDNA studies and in biomedical research in general. This chapter is intended as a practical guide to the assembly of ancient mitochondrial genomes, directly from genomic DNA-derived next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, specifically in the absence of closely related reference genomes. In a hands-on tutorial suitable for readers with little to no prior bioinformatics experience, we reconstruct the mitochondrial genome of a woolly mammoth deposited ~45,000 years ago. We introduce key software tools and outline general strategies for mitogenome assembly, including the critical quality assessment of assembly results without a reference genome.
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- Christoph Hahn
- Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria.
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Savriama Y, Valtonen M, Kammonen JI, Rastas P, Smolander OP, Lyyski A, Häkkinen TJ, Corfe IJ, Gerber S, Salazar-Ciudad I, Paulin L, Holm L, Löytynoja A, Auvinen P, Jernvall J. Bracketing phenogenotypic limits of mammalian hybridization. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:180903. [PMID: 30564397 PMCID: PMC6281900 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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An increasing number of mammalian species have been shown to have a history of hybridization and introgression based on genetic analyses. Only relatively few fossils, however, preserve genetic material, and morphology must be used to identify the species and determine whether morphologically intermediate fossils could represent hybrids. Because dental and cranial fossils are typically the key body parts studied in mammalian palaeontology, here we bracket the potential for phenotypically extreme hybridizations by examining uniquely preserved cranio-dental material of a captive hybrid between grey and ringed seals. We analysed how distinct these species are genetically and morphologically, how easy it is to identify the hybrids using morphology and whether comparable hybridizations happen in the wild. We show that the genetic distance between these species is more than twice the modern human-Neanderthal distance, but still within that of morphologically similar species pairs known to hybridize. By contrast, morphological and developmental analyses show grey and ringed seals to be highly disparate, and that the hybrid is a predictable intermediate. Genetic analyses of the parent populations reveal introgression in the wild, suggesting that grey-ringed seal hybridization is not limited to captivity. Taken together, we postulate that there is considerable potential for mammalian hybridization between phenotypically disparate taxa.
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- Yoland Savriama
- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 45 rue Buffon, CP 50, 75005 Paris, France
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- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Authors for correspondence: Ari Löytynoja e-mail:
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- Genome Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Authors for correspondence: Petri Auvinen e-mail:
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- Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Authors for correspondence: Jukka Jernvall e-mail:
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Incomplete lineage sorting rather than hybridization explains the inconsistent phylogeny of the wisent. Commun Biol 2018; 1:169. [PMID: 30374461 PMCID: PMC6195592 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0176-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The wisent or European bison is the largest European herbivore and is completely cross-fertile with its American relative. However, mtDNA genome of wisent is similar to that of cattle, which suggests that wisent emerged as a hybrid of bison and an extinct cattle-like species. Here, we analyzed nuclear whole-genome sequences of the bovine species, and found only a minor and recent gene flow between wisent and cattle. Furthermore, we identified an appreciable heterogeneity of the nuclear gene tree topologies of the bovine species. The relative frequencies of various topologies, including the mtDNA topology, were consistent with frequencies of incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) as estimated by tree coalescence analysis. This indicates that ILS has occurred and may well account for the anomalous wisent mtDNA phylogeny as the outcome of a rare event. We propose that ILS is a possible explanation of phylogenomic anomalies among closely related species. Kun Wang et al. present a genomic analysis identifying incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization in the mitochondrial DNA of the European bison (wisent). They find that incomplete lineage sorting is the most feasible explanation for the phylogenetic heterogeneity observed in Bovidae.
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Barlow A, Cahill JA, Hartmann S, Theunert C, Xenikoudakis G, Fortes GG, Paijmans JLA, Rabeder G, Frischauf C, Grandal-d'Anglade A, García-Vázquez A, Murtskhvaladze M, Saarma U, Anijalg P, Skrbinšek T, Bertorelle G, Gasparian B, Bar-Oz G, Pinhasi R, Slatkin M, Dalén L, Shapiro B, Hofreiter M. Partial genomic survival of cave bears in living brown bears. Nat Ecol Evol 2018; 2:1563-1570. [PMID: 30150744 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0654-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Although many large mammal species went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, their DNA may persist due to past episodes of interspecies admixture. However, direct empirical evidence of the persistence of ancient alleles remains scarce. Here, we present multifold coverage genomic data from four Late Pleistocene cave bears (Ursus spelaeus complex) and show that cave bears hybridized with brown bears (Ursus arctos) during the Pleistocene. We develop an approach to assess both the directionality and relative timing of gene flow. We find that segments of cave bear DNA still persist in the genomes of living brown bears, with cave bears contributing 0.9 to 2.4% of the genomes of all brown bears investigated. Our results show that even though extinction is typically considered as absolute, following admixture, fragments of the gene pool of extinct species can survive for tens of thousands of years in the genomes of extant recipient species.
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- Axel Barlow
- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.,Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Instituto Universitario de Xeoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Taron UH, Lell M, Barlow A, Paijmans JLA. Testing of Alignment Parameters for Ancient Samples: Evaluating and Optimizing Mapping Parameters for Ancient Samples Using the TAPAS Tool. Genes (Basel) 2018. [PMID: 29533977 PMCID: PMC5867878 DOI: 10.3390/genes9030157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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High-throughput sequence data retrieved from ancient or other degraded samples has led to unprecedented insights into the evolutionary history of many species, but the analysis of such sequences also poses specific computational challenges. The most commonly used approach involves mapping sequence reads to a reference genome. However, this process becomes increasingly challenging with an elevated genetic distance between target and reference or with the presence of contaminant sequences with high sequence similarity to the target species. The evaluation and testing of mapping efficiency and stringency are thus paramount for the reliable identification and analysis of ancient sequences. In this paper, we present 'TAPAS', (Testing of Alignment Parameters for Ancient Samples), a computational tool that enables the systematic testing of mapping tools for ancient data by simulating sequence data reflecting the properties of an ancient dataset and performing test runs using the mapping software and parameter settings of interest. We showcase TAPAS by using it to assess and improve mapping strategy for a degraded sample from a banded linsang (Prionodon linsang), for which no closely related reference is currently available. This enables a 1.8-fold increase of the number of mapped reads without sacrificing mapping specificity. The increase of mapped reads effectively reduces the need for additional sequencing, thus making more economical use of time, resources, and sample material.
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- Ulrike H Taron
- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Zhao YX, Yang J, Lv FH, Hu XJ, Xie XL, Zhang M, Li WR, Liu MJ, Wang YT, Li JQ, Liu YG, Ren YL, Wang F, Hehua EE, Kantanen J, Arjen Lenstra J, Han JL, Li MH. Genomic Reconstruction of the History of Native Sheep Reveals the Peopling Patterns of Nomads and the Expansion of Early Pastoralism in East Asia. Mol Biol Evol 2017. [PMID: 28645168 PMCID: PMC5850515 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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China has a rich resource of native sheep (Ovis aries) breeds associated with historical movements of several nomadic societies. However, the history of sheep and the associated nomadic societies in ancient China remains poorly understood. Here, we studied the genomic diversity of Chinese sheep using genome-wide SNPs, mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal variations in > 1,000 modern samples. Population genomic analyses combined with archeological records and historical ethnic demographics data revealed genetic signatures of the origins, secondary expansions and admixtures, of Chinese sheep thereby revealing the peopling patterns of nomads and the expansion of early pastoralism in East Asia. Originating from the Mongolian Plateau ∼5,000‒5,700 years ago, Chinese sheep were inferred to spread in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River ∼3,000‒5,000 years ago following the expansions of the Di-Qiang people. Afterwards, sheep were then inferred to reach the Qinghai-Tibetan and Yunnan-Kweichow plateaus ∼2,000‒2,600 years ago by following the north-to-southwest routes of the Di-Qiang migration. We also unveiled two subsequent waves of migrations of fat-tailed sheep into northern China, which were largely commensurate with the migrations of ancestors of Hui Muslims eastward and Mongols southward during the 12th‒13th centuries. Furthermore, we revealed signs of argali introgression into domestic sheep, extensive historical mixtures among domestic populations and strong artificial selection for tail type and other traits, reflecting various breeding strategies by nomadic societies in ancient China.
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- Yong-Xin Zhao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Animal Biotechnological Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, China
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- Animal Biotechnological Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, China
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- College of Life and Geographic Sciences, Kashgar University, Kashgar, China
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- College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Shandong Binzhou Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Binzhou, China
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- Institute of Sheep and Goat Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Grass-Feeding Livestock Engineering Technology Research Center, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan, China
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- Green Technology, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland.,Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China.,Livestock Genetics Program, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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Delving into European prehistory, two recent studies analyze ancient DNA from bison species depicted by our ancestors on the walls of their caves. The DNA tells a story of migrations driven by climate change but leaves some mystery clouding the genetic descent and climate preference of the still-extant wisent, otherwise known as the European bison.See research articles: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0317-7 http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13158.
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- Johannes A Lenstra
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, College of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Massilani D, Guimaraes S, Brugal JP, Bennett EA, Tokarska M, Arbogast RM, Baryshnikov G, Boeskorov G, Castel JC, Davydov S, Madelaine S, Putelat O, Spasskaya NN, Uerpmann HP, Grange T, Geigl EM. Past climate changes, population dynamics and the origin of Bison in Europe. BMC Biol 2016; 14:93. [PMID: 27769298 PMCID: PMC5075162 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0317-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Climatic and environmental fluctuations as well as anthropogenic pressure have led to the extinction of much of Europe's megafauna. The European bison or wisent (Bison bonasus), one of the last wild European large mammals, narrowly escaped extinction at the onset of the 20th century owing to hunting and habitat fragmentation. Little is known, however, about its origin, evolutionary history and population dynamics during the Pleistocene. RESULTS Through ancient DNA analysis we show that the emblematic European bison has experienced several waves of population expansion, contraction, and extinction during the last 50,000 years in Europe, culminating in a major reduction of genetic diversity during the Holocene. Fifty-seven complete and partial ancient mitogenomes from throughout Europe, the Caucasus, and Siberia reveal that three populations of wisent (Bison bonasus) and steppe bison (B. priscus) alternately occupied Western Europe, correlating with climate-induced environmental changes. The Late Pleistocene European steppe bison originated from northern Eurasia, whereas the modern wisent population emerged from a refuge in the southern Caucasus after the last glacial maximum. A population overlap during a transition period is reflected in ca. 36,000-year-old paintings in the French Chauvet cave. Bayesian analyses of these complete ancient mitogenomes yielded new dates of the various branching events during the evolution of Bison and its radiation with Bos, which lead us to propose that the genetic affiliation between the wisent and cattle mitogenomes result from incomplete lineage sorting rather than post-speciation gene flow. CONCLUSION The paleogenetic analysis of bison remains from the last 50,000 years reveals the influence of climate changes on the dynamics of the various bison populations in Europe, only one of which survived into the Holocene, where it experienced severe reductions in its genetic diversity. The time depth and geographical scope of this study enables us to propose temperate Western Europe as a suitable biotope for the wisent compatible with its reintroduction.
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- Diyendo Massilani
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Epigenome and Paleogenome group, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Epigenome and Paleogenome group, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- CNRS, USR 3336 IFRA (Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique), Nairobi, Kenya.,Aix-Marseille Université, UMR 7269 LAMPEA (Labo.Méd.de Préhistoire, Europe-Afrique) Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, BP 674, 13094, Aix-en-Provence, cedex 2, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Epigenome and Paleogenome group, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences, Genetics and Evolution Department, Waszkiewicza 1, 17-230, Bialowieza, Poland
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- CNRS/UMR 7044/MISHA, 5 allée du Général Rouvillois, 67083, Strasbourg, France
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
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- Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (MHN), Département d'Archéozoologie, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208, Geneva, Switzerland
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- North-East Science Station, Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Branch, Russ. Ac. Sci., 678830, Cherskiy, Russia
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- Musée national de Préhistoire, 24620, Les Eyzies de Tayac-Sireuil, France
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- Archéologie Alsace, 11 rue Jean-François Champollion, 67600, Sélestat, France.,UMR 7041 ArScan - Archéologies environnementales - Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie, 92023, Nanterre, France
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- Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosow, State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, Moscow, 125009, Russia
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- Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Abteilung Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie, Zentrum für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Rümelinstr. 23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Epigenome and Paleogenome group, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS, University Paris Diderot, Epigenome and Paleogenome group, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.
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