Dan Chang, Michael Knapp, Jacob Enk, Sebastian Lippold, Martin Kircher, Adrian M. Lister, Ross D. E. MacPhee, Christopher Widga, Paul Czechowski, Robert Sommer, Emily Hodges, Nikolaus Stümpel, Ian Barnes, Love Dalén, Anatoly Derevianko, Mietje Germonpré, Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Silviu Constantin, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Dick Mol, Thomas Rathgeber, Wilfried Rosendahl, Alexey N. Tikhonov, Eske Willerslev, Greg Hannon, Carles Lalueza i Fox, Ulrich Joger, Hendrik N. Poinar, Michael Hofreiter, Beth Shapiro
- Near the end of the Pleistocene epoch, populations of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) were distributed across parts of three continents, from western Europe and northern Asia through Beringia to the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Nonetheless, questions about the connectivity and temporal continuity of mammoth populations and species remain unanswered. We use a combination of targeted enrichment and high-throughput sequencing to assemble and interpret a data set of 143 mammoth mitochondrial genomes, sampled from fossils recovered from across their Holarctic range. Our dataset includes 54 previously unpublished mitochondrial genomes and significantly increases the coverage of the Eurasian range of the species. The resulting global phylogeny confirms that the Late Pleistocene mammoth population comprised three distinct mitochondrial lineages that began to diverge ~1.0–2.0 million years ago (Ma). We also find that mammoth mitochondrial lineages were strongly geographically partitioned throughout the Pleistocene. InNear the end of the Pleistocene epoch, populations of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) were distributed across parts of three continents, from western Europe and northern Asia through Beringia to the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Nonetheless, questions about the connectivity and temporal continuity of mammoth populations and species remain unanswered. We use a combination of targeted enrichment and high-throughput sequencing to assemble and interpret a data set of 143 mammoth mitochondrial genomes, sampled from fossils recovered from across their Holarctic range. Our dataset includes 54 previously unpublished mitochondrial genomes and significantly increases the coverage of the Eurasian range of the species. The resulting global phylogeny confirms that the Late Pleistocene mammoth population comprised three distinct mitochondrial lineages that began to diverge ~1.0–2.0 million years ago (Ma). We also find that mammoth mitochondrial lineages were strongly geographically partitioned throughout the Pleistocene. In combination, our genetic results and the pattern of morphological variation in time and space suggest that male-mediated gene flow, rather than large-scale dispersals, was important in the Pleistocene evolutionary history of mammoths.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Dan ChangORCiD, Michael KnappORCiD, Jacob Enk, Sebastian Lippold, Martin KircherORCiD, Adrian M. ListerORCiDGND, Ross D. E. MacPheeGND, Christopher Widga, Paul CzechowskiORCiD, Robert Sommer, Emily HodgesORCiD, Nikolaus Stümpel, Ian BarnesORCiD, Love DalénORCiD, Anatoly DereviankoORCiD, Mietje GermonpréORCiD, Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Silviu ConstantinORCiDGND, Tatyana KuznetsovaORCiD, Dick Mol, Thomas Rathgeber, Wilfried RosendahlGND, Alexey N. Tikhonov, Eske WillerslevORCiDGND, Greg Hannon, Carles Lalueza i FoxORCiDGND, Ulrich JogerORCiDGND, Hendrik N. PoinarGND, Michael HofreiterORCiDGND, Beth ShapiroORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44585 |
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ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28327635 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Scientific reports |
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Subtitle (English): | a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis |
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Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
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Place of publishing: | London |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2017/03/22 |
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Publication year: | 2017 |
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Release date: | 2022/06/15 |
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Volume: | 7 |
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Number of pages: | 10 |
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Funding institution: | Packard Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; E.R.C. consolidator grant [310763]; Max-Planck-Society; German Research Foundation [HO 3492/1-1]; NSERC; Canada Research Chair |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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