TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chang, Dan
A1  - Knapp, Michael
A1  - Enk, Jacob
A1  - Lippold, Sebastian
A1  - Kircher, Martin
A1  - Lister, Adrian M.
A1  - MacPhee, Ross D. E.
A1  - Widga, Christopher
A1  - Czechowski, Paul
A1  - Sommer, Robert
A1  - Hodges, Emily
A1  - Stümpel, Nikolaus
A1  - Barnes, Ian
A1  - Dalén, Love
A1  - Derevianko, Anatoly
A1  - Germonpré, Mietje
A1  - Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Alexandra
A1  - Constantin, Silviu
A1  - Kuznetsova, Tatyana
A1  - Mol, Dick
A1  - Rathgeber, Thomas
A1  - Rosendahl, Wilfried
A1  - Tikhonov, Alexey N.
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - Hannon, Greg
A1  - Lalueza i Fox, Carles
A1  - Joger, Ulrich
A1  - Poinar, Hendrik N.
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Shapiro, Beth
T1  - The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths
BT  - a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis
JF  - Scientific reports
N2  - 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 Our dataset includes 54 previously unpublished mitochondrial genomes and significantly increases the coverage of the Eurasian range of the species.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. 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.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44585
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 7
PB  - Nature Publishing Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fages, Antoine
A1  - Hanghoj, Kristian
A1  - Khan, Naveed
A1  - Gaunitz, Charleen
A1  - Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
A1  - Leonardi, Michela
A1  - Constantz, Christian McCrory
A1  - Gamba, Cristina
A1  - Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.
A1  - Albizuri, Silvia
A1  - Alfarhan, Ahmed H.
A1  - Allentoft, Morten
A1  - Alquraishi, Saleh
A1  - Anthony, David
A1  - Baimukhanov, Nurbol
A1  - Barrett, James H.
A1  - Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav
A1  - Benecke, Norbert
A1  - Bernaldez-Sanchez, Eloisa
A1  - Berrocal-Rangel, Luis
A1  - Biglari, Fereidoun
A1  - Boessenkool, Sanne
A1  - Boldgiv, Bazartseren
A1  - Brem, Gottfried
A1  - Brown, Dorcas
A1  - Burger, Joachim
A1  - Crubezy, Eric
A1  - Daugnora, Linas
A1  - Davoudi, Hossein
A1  - Damgaard, Peter de Barros
A1  - de Chorro y de Villa-Ceballos, Maria de los Angeles
A1  - Deschler-Erb, Sabine
A1  - Detry, Cleia
A1  - Dill, Nadine
A1  - Oom, Maria do Mar
A1  - Dohr, Anna
A1  - Ellingvag, Sturla
A1  - Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav
A1  - Fathi, Homa
A1  - Felkel, Sabine
A1  - Fernandez-Rodriguez, Carlos
A1  - Garcia-Vinas, Esteban
A1  - Germonpre, Mietje
A1  - Granado, Jose D.
A1  - Hallsson, Jon H.
A1  - Hemmer, Helmut
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Kasparov, Aleksei
A1  - Khasanov, Mutalib
A1  - Khazaeli, Roya
A1  - Kosintsev, Pavel
A1  - Kristiansen, Kristian
A1  - Kubatbek, Tabaldiev
A1  - Kuderna, Lukas
A1  - Kuznetsov, Pavel
A1  - Laleh, Haeedeh
A1  - Leonard, Jennifer A.
A1  - Lhuillier, Johanna
A1  - von Lettow-Vorbeck, Corina Liesau
A1  - Logvin, Andrey
A1  - Lougas, Lembi
A1  - Ludwig, Arne
A1  - Luis, Cristina
A1  - Arruda, Ana Margarida
A1  - Marques-Bonet, Tomas
A1  - Silva, Raquel Matoso
A1  - Merz, Victor
A1  - Mijiddorj, Enkhbayar
A1  - Miller, Bryan K.
A1  - Monchalov, Oleg
A1  - Mohaseb, Fatemeh A.
A1  - Morales, Arturo
A1  - Nieto-Espinet, Ariadna
A1  - Nistelberger, Heidi
A1  - Onar, Vedat
A1  - Palsdottir, Albina H.
A1  - Pitulko, Vladimir
A1  - Pitskhelauri, Konstantin
A1  - Pruvost, Melanie
A1  - Sikanjic, Petra Rajic
A1  - Papesa, Anita Rapan
A1  - Roslyakova, Natalia
A1  - Sardari, Alireza
A1  - Sauer, Eberhard
A1  - Schafberg, Renate
A1  - Scheu, Amelie
A1  - Schibler, Jorg
A1  - Schlumbaum, Angela
A1  - Serrand, Nathalie
A1  - Serres-Armero, Aitor
A1  - Shapiro, Beth
A1  - Seno, Shiva Sheikhi
A1  - Shevnina, Irina
A1  - Shidrang, Sonia
A1  - Southon, John
A1  - Star, Bastiaan
A1  - Sykes, Naomi
A1  - Taheri, Kamal
A1  - Taylor, William
A1  - Teegen, Wolf-Rudiger
A1  - Vukicevic, Tajana Trbojevic
A1  - Trixl, Simon
A1  - Tumen, Dashzeveg
A1  - Undrakhbold, Sainbileg
A1  - Usmanova, Emma
A1  - Vahdati, Ali
A1  - Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia
A1  - Viegas, Catarina
A1  - Wallner, Barbara
A1  - Weinstock, Jaco
A1  - Zaibert, Victor
A1  - Clavel, Benoit
A1  - Lepetz, Sebastien
A1  - Mashkour, Marjan
A1  - Helgason, Agnar
A1  - Stefansson, Kari
A1  - Barrey, Eric
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - Outram, Alan K.
A1  - Librado, Pablo
A1  - Orlando, Ludovic
T1  - Tracking five millennia of horse management with extensive ancient genome time series
JF  - Cell
N2  - Horse domestication revolutionized warfare and accelerated travel, trade, and the geographic expansion of languages. Here, we present the largest DNA time series for a non-human organism to date, including genome-scale data from 149 ancient animals and 129 ancient genomes (>= 1-fold coverage), 87 of which are new. This extensive dataset allows us to assess the modem legacy of past equestrian civilisations. We find that two extinct horse lineages existed during early domestication, one at the far western (Iberia) and the other at the far eastern range (Siberia) of Eurasia. None of these contributed significantly to modern diversity. We show that the influence of Persian-related horse lineages increased following the Islamic conquests in Europe and Asia. Multiple alleles associated with elite-racing, including at the MSTN "speed gene," only rose in popularity within the last millennium. Finally, the development of modem breeding impacted genetic diversity more dramatically than the previous millennia of human management.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.03.049
SN  - 0092-8674
SN  - 1097-4172
VL  - 177
IS  - 6
SP  - 1419
EP  - 1435
PB  - Cell Press
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Librado, Pablo
A1  - Gamba, Cristina
A1  - Gaunitz, Charleen
A1  - Sarkissian, Clio Der
A1  - Pruvost, Melanie
A1  - Albrechtsen, Anders
A1  - Fages, Antoine
A1  - Khan, Naveed
A1  - Schubert, Mikkel
A1  - Jagannathan, Vidhya
A1  - Serres-Armero, Aitor
A1  - Kuderna, Lukas F. K.
A1  - Povolotskaya, Inna S.
A1  - Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
A1  - Lepetz, Sebastien
A1  - Neuditschko, Markus
A1  - Theves, Catherine
A1  - Alquraishi, Saleh A.
A1  - Alfarhan, Ahmed H.
A1  - Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.
A1  - Rieder, Stefan
A1  - Samashev, Zainolla
A1  - Francfort, Henri-Paul
A1  - Benecke, Norbert
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Ludwig, Arne
A1  - Keyser, Christine
A1  - Marques-Bonet, Tomas
A1  - Ludes, Bertrand
A1  - Crubezy, Eric
A1  - Leeb, Tosso
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - Orlando, Ludovic
T1  - Ancient genomic changes associated with domestication of the horse
JF  - Science
N2  - The genomic changes underlying both early and late stages of horse domestication remain largely unknown. We examined the genomes of 14 early domestic horses from the Bronze and Iron Ages, dating to between similar to 4.1 and 2.3 thousand years before present. We find early domestication selection patterns supporting the neural crest hypothesis, which provides a unified developmental origin for common domestic traits. Within the past 2.3 thousand years, horses lost genetic diversity and archaic DNA tracts introgressed from a now-extinct lineage. They accumulated deleterious mutations later than expected under the cost-of-domestication hypothesis, probably because of breeding from limited numbers of stallions. We also reveal that Iron Age Scythian steppe nomads implemented breeding strategies involving no detectable inbreeding and selection for coat-color variation and robust forelimbs.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam5298
SN  - 0036-8075
SN  - 1095-9203
VL  - 356
SP  - 442
EP  - 445
PB  - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Springer, Mark S.
A1  - Signore, Anthony V.
A1  - Paijmans, Johanna L. A.
A1  - Velez-Juarbe, Jorge
A1  - Domning, Daryl P.
A1  - Bauer, Cameron E.
A1  - He, Kai
A1  - Crerar, Lorelei
A1  - Campos, Paula F.
A1  - Murphy, William J.
A1  - Meredith, Robert W.
A1  - Gatesy, John
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - MacPhee, Ross D. E.
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Campbell, Kevin L.
T1  - Interordinal gene capture, the phylogenetic position of Steller's sea cow based on molecular and morphological data, and the macroevolutionary history of Sirenia
JF  - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
N2  - The recently extinct (ca. 1768) Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) was a large, edentulous North Pacific sirenian. The phylogenetic affinities of this taxon to other members of this clade, living and extinct, are uncertain based on previous morphological and molecular studies. We employed hybridization capture methods and second generation sequencing technology to obtain >30 kb of exon sequences from 26 nuclear genes for both H. gigas and Dugong dugon. We also obtained complete coding sequences for the tooth-related enamelin (ENAM) gene. Hybridization probes designed using dugong and manatee sequences were both highly effective in retrieving sequences from H. gigas (mean = 98.8% coverage), as were more divergent probes for regions of ENAM (99.0% coverage) that were designed exclusively from a proboscidean (African elephant) and a hyracoid (Cape hyrax). New sequences were combined with available sequences for representatives of all other afrotherian orders. We also expanded a previously published morphological matrix for living and fossil Sirenia by adding both new taxa and nine new postcranial characters. Maximum likelihood and parsimony analyses of the molecular data provide robust support for an association of H. gigas and D. dugon to the exclusion of living trichechids (manatees). Parsimony analyses of the morphological data also support the inclusion of H. gigas in Dugongidae with D. dugon and fossil dugongids. Timetree analyses based on calibration density approaches with hard- and soft-bounded constraints suggest that H. gigas and D. dugon diverged in the Oligocene and that crown sirenians last shared a common ancestor in the Eocene. The coding sequence for the ENAM gene in H. gigas does not contain frameshift mutations or stop codons, but there is a transversion mutation (AG to CG) in the acceptor splice site of intron 2. This disruption in the edentulous Steller's sea cow is consistent with previous studies that have documented inactivating mutations in tooth-specific loci of a variety of edentulous and enamelless vertebrates including birds, turtles, aardvarks, pangolins, xenarthrans, and baleen whales. Further, branch-site dN/dS analyses provide evidence for positive selection in ENAM on the stem dugongid branch where extensive tooth reduction occurred, followed by neutral evolution on the Hydrodamalis branch. Finally, we present a synthetic evolutionary tree for living and fossil sirenians showing several key innovations in the history of this clade including character state changes that parallel those that occurred in the evolutionary history of cetaceans. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.022
SN  - 1055-7903
SN  - 1095-9513
VL  - 91
SP  - 178
EP  - 193
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schubert, Mikkel
A1  - Jonsson, Hakon
A1  - Chang, Dan
A1  - Sarkissian, Clio Der
A1  - Ermini, Luca
A1  - Ginolhac, Aurelien
A1  - Albrechtsen, Anders
A1  - Dupanloup, Isabelle
A1  - Foucal, Adrien
A1  - Petersen, Bent Larsen
A1  - Fumagalli, Matteo
A1  - Raghavan, Maanasa
A1  - Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
A1  - Korneliussen, Thorfinn S.
A1  - Velazquez, Amhed M. V.
A1  - Stenderup, Jesper
A1  - Hoover, Cindi A.
A1  - Rubin, Carl-Johan
A1  - Alfarhan, Ahmed H.
A1  - Alquraishi, Saleh A.
A1  - Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.
A1  - MacHugh, David E.
A1  - Kalbfleisch, Ted
A1  - MacLeod, James N.
A1  - Rubin, Edward M.
A1  - Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas
A1  - Andersson, Leif
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Marques-Bonet, Tomas
A1  - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
A1  - Nielsen, Rasmus
A1  - Excoffier, Laurent
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - Shapiro, Beth
A1  - Orlando, Ludovic
T1  - Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication
JF  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416991111
SN  - 0027-8424
VL  - 111
IS  - 52
SP  - E5661
EP  - E5669
PB  - National Acad. of Sciences
CY  - Washington
ER  -