Population Dynamics in Italian Canids between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age
| Autor: | Gabriele Nenzioni, Elena Maini, Kyriaki Koupadi, Carla Bini, Elisabetta Cilli, Romolo Caniglia, Stefania Sarno, Paolo Reggiani, Marta Maria Ciucani, Donata Luiselli, Francesco Fontani, Antonio Curci, Maurizio Cattani, Adam J. Andrews, Susi Pelotti, Sara De Fanti |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Koupadi, Kyriaki, Fontani, Francesco, Ciucani, Marta Maria, Maini, Elena, De Fanti, Sara, Cattani, Maurizio, Curci, Antonio, Nenzioni, Gabriele, Reggiani, Paolo, Andrews, Adam J, Sarno, Stefania, Bini, Carla, Pelotti, Susi, Caniglia, Romolo, Luiselli, Donata, Cilli, Elisabetta |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine dogs MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA Population Dynamics mitochondrial DNA 01 natural sciences Haplogroup Domestication Phylogeny Genetics (clinical) ANCESTORS WOLF education.field_of_study ORIGIN Fossils ANCIENT DNA EVIDENCE humanities CONTAMINATION ADMIXTURE Geography Italy dog lcsh:QH426-470 Pleistocene Population Context (language use) DNA Fragmentation DNA Mitochondrial 010603 evolutionary biology Article Evolution Molecular domestication 03 medical and health sciences ancient DNA archaeology population genetics Bronze Age Genetics Animals Genetic variability education Canidae GRAVETTIAN PREDMOSTI SITE Wolves Genetic Variation PALEOLITHIC DOGS lcsh:Genetics 030104 developmental biology Ancient DNA Evolutionary biology |
| Zdroj: | Genes Koupadi, K, Fontani, F, Ciucani, M M, Maini, E, De Fanti, S, Cattani, M, Curci, A, Nenzioni, G, Reggiani, P, Andrews, A J, Sarno, S, Bini, C, Pelotti, S, Caniglia, R, Luiselli, D & Cilli, E 2020, ' Population Dynamics in Italian Canids between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age ', Genes, vol. 11, no. 12, 1409 . https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11121409 Genes, Vol 11, Iss 1409, p 1409 (2020) Volume 11 Issue 12 |
| ISSN: | 2073-4425 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/genes11121409 |
| Popis: | Dog domestication is still largely unresolved due to time-gaps in the sampling of regions. Ancient Italian canids are particularly understudied, currently represented by only a few specimens. In the present study, we sampled 27 canid remains from Northern Italy dated between the Late Pleistocene and Bronze Age to assess their genetic variability, and thus add context to dog domestication dynamics. They were targeted at four DNA fragments of the hypervariable region 1 of mitochondrial DNA. A total of 11 samples had good DNA preservation and were used for phylogenetic analyses. The dog samples were assigned to dog haplogroups A, C and D, and a Late Pleistocene wolf was set into wolf haplogroup 2. We present our data in the landscape of ancient and modern dog genetic variability, with a particular focus on the ancient Italian samples published thus far. Our results suggest there is high genetic variability within ancient Italian canids, where close relationships were evident between both a similar to 24,700 years old Italian canid, and Iberian and Bulgarian ancient dogs. These findings emphasize that disentangling dog domestication dynamics benefits from the analysis of specimens from Southern European regions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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