- The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the most widely distributed felids in the world. However, most of its populations started to decline a few millennia ago. Historical declines have been especially severe in Europe, and particularly in Western Europe, from where the species disappeared in the last few centuries. Here, we analyze the genome of an Eurasian lynx inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula 2500 ya, to gain insights into the phylogeographic position and genetic status of this extinct population. Also, we contextualize previous ancient data in the light of new phylogeographic studies of the species. Our results suggest that the Iberian population is part of an extinct European lineage closely related to the current Carpathian-Baltic lineages. Also, this sample holds the lowest diversity reported for the species so far, and similar to that of the highly endangered Iberian lynx. A combination of historical factors, such as a founder effect while colonizing the peninsula, together with intensified human impacts during the HoloceneThe Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the most widely distributed felids in the world. However, most of its populations started to decline a few millennia ago. Historical declines have been especially severe in Europe, and particularly in Western Europe, from where the species disappeared in the last few centuries. Here, we analyze the genome of an Eurasian lynx inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula 2500 ya, to gain insights into the phylogeographic position and genetic status of this extinct population. Also, we contextualize previous ancient data in the light of new phylogeographic studies of the species. Our results suggest that the Iberian population is part of an extinct European lineage closely related to the current Carpathian-Baltic lineages. Also, this sample holds the lowest diversity reported for the species so far, and similar to that of the highly endangered Iberian lynx. A combination of historical factors, such as a founder effect while colonizing the peninsula, together with intensified human impacts during the Holocene in the Cantabrian strip, could have led to a genetic impoverishment of the population and precipitated its extinction. Mitogenomic lineages distribution in space and time support the long-term coexistence of several lineages of Eurasian lynx in Western Europe with fluctuating ranges. While mitochondrial sequences related to the lineages currently found in Balkans and Caucasus were predominant during the Pleistocene, those more closely related to the lineage currently distributed in Central Europe prevailed during the Holocene. The use of ancient genomics has proven to be a useful tool to understand the biogeographic pattern of the Eurasian lynx in the past.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | María Lucena-PerezORCiD, Enrico BazzicalupoORCiD, Johanna PaijmansORCiDGND, Daniel Kleinman-RuizORCiD, Love DalénORCiD, Michael HofreiterORCiDGND, Miguel DelibesORCiD, Miguel ClaveroORCiD, José A. GodoyORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107518 |
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ISSN: | 0277-3791 |
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ISSN: | 1873-457X |
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Title of parent work (English): | Quaternary science reviews : the international multidisciplinary research and review journal |
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Publisher: | Elsevier |
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Place of publishing: | Oxford |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2022/06/01 |
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Publication year: | 2022 |
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Release date: | 2024/04/25 |
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Volume: | 285 |
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Article number: | 107518 |
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Number of pages: | 9 |
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Funding institution: | Direccion General de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica of the Spanish; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [CGL 2013-47755-P, CGL; 2017-84641-P, CGL 2014-55266-P]; Fundacion BBVA; Programa Internacional; de Becas "La Caixa-Severo Ochoa" of the "La Caixa" Foundation; [100010434, LCF/BQ/SO14/52250035]; European Science Foundation Reseach; Networking Programmes -ConGenOmics; Science for Life Laboratory; Knut; and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; National Genomics Infrastructure -; Swedish Research Council; Spanish Ministry of Economy and; Competitiveness [SEV-2012-0262]; Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for; Advanced Computational Science |
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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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Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
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