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Population Dynamics in Italian Canids between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age
- Source :
- Genes, Koupadi, K, Fontani, F, Ciucani, M M, Maini, E, De Fanti, S, Cattani, M, Curci, A, Nenzioni, G, Reggiani, P, Andrews, A J, Sarno, S, Bini, C, Pelotti, S, Caniglia, R, Luiselli, D & Cilli, E 2020, ' Population Dynamics in Italian Canids between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age ', Genes, vol. 11, no. 12, 1409 . https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11121409, Genes, Vol 11, Iss 1409, p 1409 (2020), Volume 11, Issue 12
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Dog domestication is still largely unresolved due to time-gaps in the sampling of regions. Ancient Italian canids are particularly understudied, currently represented by only a few specimens. In the present study, we sampled 27 canid remains from Northern Italy dated between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age to assess their genetic variability, and thus add context to dog domestication dynamics. They were targeted at four DNA fragments of the hypervariable region 1 of mitochondrial DNA. A total of 11 samples had good DNA preservation and were used for phylogenetic analyses. The dog samples were assigned to dog haplogroups A, C and D, and a Late Pleistocene wolf was set into wolf haplogroup 2. We present our data in the landscape of ancient and modern dog genetic variability, with a particular focus on the ancient Italian samples published thus far. Our results suggest there is high genetic variability within ancient Italian canids, where close relationships were evident between both a similar to 24,700 years old Italian canid, and Iberian and Bulgarian ancient dogs. These findings emphasize that disentangling dog domestication dynamics benefits from the analysis of specimens from Southern European regions.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
dogs
MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA
Population Dynamics
mitochondrial DNA
01 natural sciences
Haplogroup
Domestication
Phylogeny
Genetics (clinical)
ANCESTORS
WOLF
education.field_of_study
ORIGIN
Fossils
ANCIENT DNA EVIDENCE
humanities
CONTAMINATION
ADMIXTURE
Geography
Italy
dog
lcsh:QH426-470
Pleistocene
Population
Context (language use)
DNA Fragmentation
DNA, Mitochondrial
010603 evolutionary biology
Article
Evolution, Molecular
domestication
03 medical and health sciences
ancient DNA
archaeology
population genetics
Bronze Age
Genetics
Animals
Genetic variability
education
Canidae
GRAVETTIAN PREDMOSTI SITE
Wolves
Genetic Variation
PALEOLITHIC DOGS
lcsh:Genetics
030104 developmental biology
Ancient DNA
Evolutionary biology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20734425
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Genes
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....23477ad83553911b6f3e1a739faa71e6