Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats.

Autor: Jamieson A; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK; Palaeogenomics Group, Institute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80539 Munich, Germany., Carmagnini A; Palaeogenomics Group, Institute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80539 Munich, Germany; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS London, UK., Howard-McCombe J; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TQ Bristol, UK; RZSS WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, EH12 6TS Edinburgh, UK., Doherty S; Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, EX4 4QE Exeter, UK., Hirons A; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK., Dimopoulos E; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, CB3 0ES Cambridge, UK., Lin AT; Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA., Allen R; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK., Anderson-Whymark H; Department of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland, EH1 1JF Edinburgh, UK., Barnett R; Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics, The GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark., Batey C; Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, KW15 1FL Kirkwall, UK; Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, DH1 3LE Durham, UK., Beglane F; CERIS, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University, F91 YW50 Sligo, Ireland., Bowden W; Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK., Bratten J; Department of Anthropology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514, USA., De Cupere B; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000 Brussels, Belgium., Drew E; York Archaeological Trust, YO1 7BX York, UK., Foley NM; Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA., Fowler T; Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK., Fox A; Manx National Heritage, Manx Museum, IM1 3LY Douglas, Isle of Man., Geigl EM; Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, 75013 Paris, France., Gotfredsen AB; Section for GeoGenetics, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark., Grange T; Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, 75013 Paris, France., Griffiths D; Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, OX1 2JA Oxford, UK., Groß D; Museum Lolland-Falster, 4800 Nykøbing Falster, Denmark., Haruda A; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK., Hjermind J; Kultur & Udvikling, Viborg Museum, 8800 Viborg, Denmark., Knapp Z; Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, RG6 6AB Reading, UK., Lebrasseur O; Centre for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, CNRS UMR 5288, Universite de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK., Librado P; Centre for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, CNRS UMR 5288, Universite de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France., Lyons LA; Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA., Mainland I; UHI Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, Orkney, Scotland., McDonnell C; York Archaeological Trust, YO1 7BX York, UK., Muñoz-Fuentes V; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD Cambridge, UK., Nowak C; Centre for Wildlife Genetics & LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), Senckenberg Research Institute, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany., O'Connor T; BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, YO10 5DD York, UK., Peters J; SNSB, State Collection of Palaeoanatomy Munich, 85586 Poing, Germany; Institute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80539 Munich, Germany., Russo IM; School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, CF10 3AX Cardiff, UK., Ryan H; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK., Sheridan A; Department of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland, EH1 1JF Edinburgh, UK., Sinding MS; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark., Skoglund P; The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, UK., Swali P; The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, UK., Symmons R; Fishbourne Roman Palace, PO19 3QR Chichester, UK., Thomas G; Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, RG6 6AB Reading, UK., Trolle Jensen TZ; Section for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark., Kitchener AC; Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, EH1 1JF Edinburgh, UK; School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9XP Edinburgh, UK., Senn H; RZSS WildGenes Laboratory, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, EH12 6TS Edinburgh, UK., Lawson D; School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, BS8 1UG Bristol, UK., Driscoll C; Galton Corp., Frederick, MD 21701, USA., Murphy WJ; Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA., Beaumont M; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, BS8 1TQ Bristol, UK., Ottoni C; Centre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy., Sykes N; Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, EX4 4QE Exeter, UK., Larson G; The Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, OX1 3TG Oxford, UK. Electronic address: greger.larson@arch.ox.ac.uk., Frantz L; Palaeogenomics Group, Institute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80539 Munich, Germany; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS London, UK. Electronic address: laurent.frantz@lmu.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2023 Nov 06; Vol. 33 (21), pp. 4751-4760.e14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.031
Abstrakt: Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As they did so, it is possible that they interbred with the indigenous population of European wildcats (Felis silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related indigenous wild species has been previously demonstrated in other taxa, including pigs, sheep, goats, bees, chickens, and cattle. In the case of cats, a lack of nuclear, genome-wide data, particularly from Near Eastern wildcats, has made it difficult to either detect or quantify this possibility. To address these issues, we generated 75 ancient mitochondrial genomes, 14 ancient nuclear genomes, and 31 modern nuclear genomes from European and Near Eastern wildcats. Our results demonstrate that despite cohabitating for at least 2,000 years on the European mainland and in Britain, most modern domestic cats possessed less than 10% of their ancestry from European wildcats, and ancient European wildcats possessed little to no ancestry from domestic cats. The antiquity and strength of this reproductive isolation between introduced domestic cats and local wildcats was likely the result of behavioral and ecological differences. Intriguingly, this long-lasting reproductive isolation is currently being eroded in parts of the species' distribution as a result of anthropogenic activities.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.
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