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Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent
- Source :
- Science, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019, 365 (6449), pp.173-176. ⟨10.1126/science.aav1002⟩, Verdugo, M P, Mullin, V E, Scheu, A, Mattiangeli, V, Daly, K G, Maisano Delser, P, Hare, A J, Burger, J, Collins, M J, Kehati, R, Hesse, P, Fulton, D, Sauer, E W, Mohaseb, F A, Davoudi, H, Khazaeli, R, Lhuillier, J, Rapin, C, Ebrahimi, S, Khasanov, M, Vahidi, S M F, MacHugh, D E, Ertuğrul, O, Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, C, Sampson, A, Kazantzis, G, Kontopoulos, I, Bulatovic, J, Stojanović, I, Mikdad, A, Benecke, N, Linstädter, J, Sablin, M, Bendrey, R, Gourichon, L, Arbuckle, B S, Mashkour, M, Orton, D, Horwitz, L K, Teasdale, M D & Bradley, D G 2019, ' Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent ', Science, vol. 365, no. 6449 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- Cattle were domesticated ∼10,000 years ago, but analysis of modern breeds has not elucidated their origins. Verdugo et al. performed genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern Bos taurus DNA samples. Several populations of ancient aurochs were progenitors of domestic cows. These genetic lineages mixed ∼4000 years ago in a region around the Indus Valley. Interestingly, mitochondrial analysis indicated that genetic material likely derived from arid-adapted Bos indicus (zebu) bulls was introduced by introgression.Science, this issue p. 173Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations. Comparisons of genomes of early domestic cattle to their aurochs progenitors identify diverse origins with separate introgressions of wild stock. A later region-wide Bronze Age shift indicates rapid and widespread introgression of zebu, Bos indicus, from the Indus Valley. This process was likely stimulated at the onset of the current geological age, ~4.2 thousand years ago, by a widespread multicentury drought. In contrast to genome-wide admixture, mitochondrial DNA stasis supports that this introgression was male-driven, suggesting that selection of arid-adapted zebu bulls enhanced herd survival. This human-mediated migration of zebu-derived genetics has continued through millennia, altering tropical herding on each continent.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
010506 paleontology
Mitochondrial DNA
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
Human Migration
Introgression
Zoology
Genomics
01 natural sciences
DNA, Mitochondrial
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
Domestication
Evolution, Molecular
03 medical and health sciences
Bronze Age
Animals
[SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry [q-bio.BM]
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment
[SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics
Multidisciplinary
Genome
biology
Human migration
business.industry
Aurochs
Zebu
biology.organism_classification
humanities
030104 developmental biology
Fertility
Cattle
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368075 and 10959203
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019, 365 (6449), pp.173-176. ⟨10.1126/science.aav1002⟩, Verdugo, M P, Mullin, V E, Scheu, A, Mattiangeli, V, Daly, K G, Maisano Delser, P, Hare, A J, Burger, J, Collins, M J, Kehati, R, Hesse, P, Fulton, D, Sauer, E W, Mohaseb, F A, Davoudi, H, Khazaeli, R, Lhuillier, J, Rapin, C, Ebrahimi, S, Khasanov, M, Vahidi, S M F, MacHugh, D E, Ertuğrul, O, Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, C, Sampson, A, Kazantzis, G, Kontopoulos, I, Bulatovic, J, Stojanović, I, Mikdad, A, Benecke, N, Linstädter, J, Sablin, M, Bendrey, R, Gourichon, L, Arbuckle, B S, Mashkour, M, Orton, D, Horwitz, L K, Teasdale, M D & Bradley, D G 2019, ' Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent ', Science, vol. 365, no. 6449 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8089eadf204ee13181b0ae03398021bd