TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chen, Shun-Gang
A1  - Li, Ji
A1  - Zhang, Fan
A1  - Xiao, Bo
A1  - Hu, Jia-Ming
A1  - Cui, Yin-Qiu
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Hou, Xin-Dong
A1  - Sheng, Gui-Lian
A1  - Lai, Xu-Long
A1  - Yuan, Jun-Xia
T1  - Different maternal lineages revealed by ancient mitochondrial genome of Camelus bactrianus from China
JF  - Mitochondrial DNA Part A
N2  - Domestic Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) used to be one of the most important livestock species in Chinese history, as well as the major transport carrier on the ancient Silk Road. However, archeological studies on Chinese C. bactrianus are still limited, and molecular biology research on this species is mainly focused on modern specimens. In this study, we retrieved the complete mitochondrial genome from a C. bactrianus specimen, which was excavated from northwestern China and dated at 1290-1180 cal. Phylogenetic analyses using 18 mitochondrial genomes indicated that the C. bactrianus clade was divided into two maternal lineages. The majority of samples originating from Iran to Japan and Mongolia belong to subclade A1, while our sample together with two Mongolian individuals formed the much smaller subclade A2. Furthermore, the divergence time of these two maternal lineages was estimated as 165 Kya (95% credibility interval 117-222 Kya), this might indicate that several different evolutionary lineages were incorporated into the domestic gene pool during the initial domestication process. Bayesian skyline plot (BSP) analysis a slow increase in female effective population size of C. bactrianus from 5000 years ago, which to the beginning of domestication of C. bactrianus. The present study also revealed that there were extensive exchanges of genetic information among C. bactrianus populations in regions along the Silk Road.
KW  - Camelus bactrianus
KW  - mitochondrial genome
KW  - ancient DNA
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - maternal lineages
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2019.1659250
SN  - 2470-1394
SN  - 2470-1408
VL  - 30
IS  - 7
SP  - 786
EP  - 793
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Folkertsma, Remco
A1  - Westbury, Michael V.
A1  - Eccard, Jana
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
T1  - The complete mitochondrial genome of the common vole, Microtus arvalis (Rodentia: Arvicolinae)
JF  - Mitochondrial DNA Part B
N2  - The common vole, Microtus arvalis belongs to the genus Microtus in the subfamily Arvicolinae. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of M. arvalis was recovered using shotgun sequencing and an iterative mapping approach using three related species. Phylogenetic analyses using the sequence of 21 arvicoline species place the common vole as a sister species to the East European vole (Microtus levis), but as opposed to previous results we find no support for the recognition of the genus Neodon within the subfamily Arvicolinae, as this is, as well as the genus Lasiopodomys, found within the Microtus genus.
KW  - Microtus arvalis
KW  - Arvicolinae
KW  - mitochondrial genome
KW  - common vole
KW  - phylogeny
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1457994
SN  - 2380-2359
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SP  - 446
EP  - 447
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thomas, Jessica E.
A1  - Carvalho, Gary R.
A1  - Haile, James
A1  - Martin, Michael D.
A1  - Castruita, Jose A. Samaniego
A1  - Niemann, Jonas
A1  - Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.
A1  - Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela
A1  - Rawlence, Nicolas J.
A1  - Fuller, Errol
A1  - Fjeldsa, Jon
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Stewart, John R.
A1  - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
A1  - Knapp, Michael
T1  - An ‛Aukward’ tale
BT  - a genetic approach to discover the whereabouts of the  Last Great Auks
JF  - Genes
N2  - One hundred and seventy-three years ago, the last two Great Auks, Pinguinus impennis, ever reliably seen were killed. Their internal organs can be found in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, but the location of their skins has remained a mystery. In 1999, Great Auk expert Errol Fuller proposed a list of five potential candidate skins in museums around the world. Here we take a palaeogenomic approach to test which—if any—of Fuller’s candidate skins likely belong to either of the two birds. Using mitochondrial genomes from the five candidate birds (housed in museums in Bremen, Brussels, Kiel, Los Angeles, and Oldenburg) and the organs of the last two known individuals, we partially solve the mystery that has been on Great Auk scholars’ minds for generations and make new suggestions as to the whereabouts of the still-missing skin from these two birds.
KW  - ancient DNA
KW  - extinct birds
KW  - mitochondrial genome
KW  - museum specimens
KW  - palaeogenomics
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8060164
SN  - 2073-4425
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
SP  - 164
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -