Evolutionary history of the extinct Sardinian dhole
| Autor: | Marta Maria Ciucani, Ettore Randi, Marisa Arca, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Julie Kragmose Jensen, Thomas Sicheritz-Pontén, Chunxue Guo, Marco Galaverni, Caterinella Tuveri, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Love Dalén, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Erika Rosengren, Enrico Cappellini, Saverio Bartolini Lucenti, Oliver Smith, Guojie Zhang, Lorenzo Rook |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Gene Flow Cynotherium Lineage (evolution) Population Biodiversity Cuon canid evolution 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences Dogs Sardinian dhole Animals Endemism education ancient DNA Phylogeny 030304 developmental biology Canidae canids 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study Genome biology Land bridge extinction island biodiversity biology.organism_classification Biological Evolution Ancient DNA Taxon paleogenomics Evolutionary biology admixture General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ciucani, M M, Jensen, J K, Sinding, M-H S, Smith, O, Lucenti, S B, Rosengren, E, Rook, L, Tuveri, C, Arca, M, Cappellini, E, Galaverni, M, Randi, E, Guo, C, Zhang, G, Sicheritz-Pontén, T, Dalén, L, Gilbert, M T P & Gopalakrishnan, S 2021, ' Evolutionary history of the extinct Sardinian dhole ', Current Biology, vol. 31, no. 24, pp. 5571-5579.e6 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.059 Ciucani, M M, Jensen, J K, Sinding, M H S, Smith, O, Lucenti, S B, Rosengren, E, Rook, L, Tuveri, C, Arca, M, Cappellini, E, Galaverni, M, Randi, E, Guo, C, Zhang, G, Sicheritz-Pontén, T, Dalén, L, Gilbert, M T P & Gopalakrishnan, S 2021, ' Evolutionary history of the extinct Sardinian dhole ', Current Biology, vol. 31, no. 24, pp. 5571-5579.e6 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.059 |
| ISSN: | 1879-0445 |
| Popis: | The Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous)1 was an iconic and unique canid species that was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica until it became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene.2–5 Given its peculiar dental morphology, small body size, and high level of endemism, several extant canids have been proposed as possible relatives of the Sardinian dhole, including the Asian dhole and African hunting dog ancestor.3,6–9 Morphometric analyses3,6,8–12 have failed to clarify the evolutionary relationship with other canids.We sequenced the genome of a ca-21,100-year-old Sardinian dhole in order to understand its genomic history and clarify its phylogenetic position. We found that it represents a separate taxon from all other living canids from Eurasia, Africa, and North America, and that the Sardinian dhole lineage diverged from the Asian dhole ca 885 ka. We additionally detected historical gene flow between the Sardinian and Asian dhole lineages, which ended approximately 500-300 ka, when the land bridge between Sardinia and mainland Italy was already broken, severing their population connectivity. Our sample showed low genome-wide diversity compared to other extant canids—probably a result of the long-term isolation—that could have contributed to the subsequent extinction of the Sardinian dhole. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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