TY  - GEN
A1  - Barlow, Axel
A1  - Sheng, Gui-Lian
A1  - Lai, Xu-Long
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Paijmans, Johanna L. A.
T1  - Once lost, twice found: Combined analysis of ancient giant panda sequences characterises extinct clade
T2  - Journal of biogeography
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13486
SN  - 0305-0270
SN  - 1365-2699
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SP  - 251
EP  - 253
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Gonzalez-Fortes, Gloria M.
A1  - Tassi, Francesca
A1  - Ghirotto, Silvia
A1  - Henneberger, Kirstin
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Barbujani, Guido
T1  - The Neolithic transition at the Western edge of Europe
T2  - American journal of physical anthropology
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 0002-9483
SN  - 1096-8644
VL  - 162
SP  - 198
EP  - 198
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Wutke, Saskia
A1  - Andersson, Leif
A1  - Benecke, Norbert
A1  - Sandoval-Castellanos, Edson
A1  - Gonzalez, Javier
A1  - Hallsson, Jon Hallsteinn
A1  - Lougas, Lembi
A1  - Magnell, Ola
A1  - Morales-Muniz, Arturo
A1  - Orlando, Ludovic
A1  - Palsdottir, Albina Hulda
A1  - Reissmann, Monika
A1  - Munoz-Rodriguez, Mariana B.
A1  - Ruttkay, Matej
A1  - Trinks, Alexandra
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Ludwig, Arne
T1  - The origin of ambling horses
T2  - Current biology
N2  - Horseback riding is the most fundamental use of domestic horses and has had a huge influence on the development of human societies for millennia. Over time, riding techniques and the style of riding improved. Therefore, horses with the ability to perform comfortable gaits (e.g. ambling or pacing), so-called ‘gaited’ horses, have been highly valued by humans, especially for long distance travel. Recently, the causative mutation for gaitedness in horses has been linked to a substitution causing a premature stop codon in the DMRT3 gene (DMRT3_Ser301STOP) [1]. In mice, Dmrt3 is expressed in spinal cord interneurons and plays an important role in the development of limb movement coordination [1]. Genotyping the position in 4396 modern horses from 141 breeds revealed that nowadays the mutated allele is distributed worldwide with an especially high frequency in gaited horses and breeds used for harness racing [2]. Here, we examine historic horse remains for the DMRT3 SNP, tracking the origin of gaitedness to Medieval England between 850 and 900 AD. The presence of the corresponding allele in Icelandic horses (9th–11th century) strongly suggests that ambling horses were brought from the British Isles to Iceland by Norse people. Considering the high frequency of the ambling allele in early Icelandic horses, we believe that Norse settlers selected for this comfortable mode of horse riding soon after arrival. The absence of the allele in samples from continental Europe (including Scandinavia) at this time implies that ambling horses may have spread from Iceland and maybe also the British Isles across the continent at a later date.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.001
SN  - 0960-9822
SN  - 1879-0445
VL  - 26
SP  - R697
EP  - R699
PB  - Cell Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Xenikoudakis, Georgios
A1  - Ahmed, Mayeesha
A1  - Harris, Jacob Colt
A1  - Wadleigh, Rachel
A1  - Paijmans, Johanna L. A.
A1  - Hartmann, Stefanie
A1  - Barlow, Axel
A1  - Lerner, Heather
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
T1  - Ancient DNA reveals twenty million years of aquatic life in beavers
T2  - Current biology : CB
N2  - Xenikoudakis et al. report a partial mitochondrial genome of the extinct giant beaver Castoroides and estimate the origin of aquatic behavior in beavers to approximately 20 million years. This time estimate coincides with the extinction of terrestrial beavers and raises the question whether the two events had a common cause.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.041
SN  - 0960-9822
SN  - 1879-0445
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SP  - R110
EP  - R111
PB  - Current Biology Ltd.
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Xiang, Hai
A1  - Gao, Jianqiang
A1  - Yu, Baoquan
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Zhao, Xingbo
T1  - Reply to Peters et al.: Further discussions confirm early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China
T2  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503956112
SN  - 0027-8424
VL  - 112
IS  - 19
SP  - E2416
EP  - E2416
PB  - National Acad. of Sciences
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Xiang, Hai
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Zhao, Xingbo
T1  - Reply to Peng et al.: Archaeological contexts should not be ignored for early chicken domestication
T2  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502207112
SN  - 0027-8424
VL  - 112
IS  - 16
SP  - E1972
EP  - E1973
PB  - National Acad. of Sciences
CY  - Washington
ER  -