Origin of European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in a Mediterranean island: Zooarchaeology and ancient DNA examination

Autor:	Jean-Denis Vigne, Christopher M. Hardy, Nicole Dennebouy, Jean-Claude Mounolou, Didier Casane, Monique Monnerot
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate Paleontology Ancient DNA Mediterranean sea biology Bronze Age biology.domesticated_animal Zoology Fossil bone European rabbit Mediterranean Islands Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Zooarchaeology
Zdroj:	Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 7:217-226
ISSN:	1420-9101 1010-061X
DOI:	10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7020217.x
Popis:	Mammalian species presently living on Mediterranean islands have been brought in by man. The question of their geographical origin and of the time of their introduction is often a matter of debate. We studied this problem using a popula- tion of rabbits (European rabbit: Oryctolagus cuniculus) living in Zembra, an island off Tunisia. Archaeological surveys show that rabbit has been introduced to the island by Bronze Age or Roman people, between the IIIrd Millenium B.C. and the IIIrd century A.D. Part of the 16S-rRNA gene of mitochondrial DNAs from fossil bones of different ages (dated back to 130-390 A.D.) was characterized and compared to that of present day rabbits of differing geographical origin. The data suggest that animals present on Zembra in late Roman times belonged to the same maternal lineage as present populations from Northern Spain and Southern France.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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