Barcoding the largest animals on Earth: ongoing challenges and molecular solutions in the taxonomic identification of ancient cetaceans

Autor: Barbara Wilkens, Luke Spindler, Krista McGrath, Keri Rowsell, Michael Hofreiter, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Matthew J. Collins, Anne Charpentier, Youri van den Hurk, Camilla Speller, Armelle Gardeisen
Přispěvatelé: Departments of Archaeology [York] (BioArch), University of York [York, UK], Institute of Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam, Institute of archaeology (UCL), University College of London [London] (UCL), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3), Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (ASM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC), Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio, University of Sassari, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC), Università degli Studi di Sassari = University of Sassari [Sassari] (UNISS), Archaeology of Northwestern Europe, Hofreiter, Michael [0000-0003-0441-4705], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
Biome
species identification
species
Review Article
[SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity
Biology
DNA barcoding
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry
spectrometry
cetaceans
03 medical and health sciences
Abundance (ecology)
biology.animal
Animals
DNA Barcoding
Taxonomic

14. Life underwater
Baseline (configuration management)
ancient DNA
Zooarchaeology
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
zooarchaeology by mass
Whale
Ecology
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Articles
Biodiversity
Classification
collagen peptide mass fingerprinting
[SDV.GEN.GA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics
030104 developmental biology
Ancient DNA
Archaeology
13. Climate action
archaeozoology
identification
Identification (biology)
Cetacea
Collagen
North Sea
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Zdroj: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2016, 371 (1702), pp.20150332. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2015.0332⟩
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016, 371 (1702), pp.20150332. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2015.0332⟩
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 371(1702), 1-12. ROYAL SOC
ISSN: 0962-8436
1471-2970
Popis: International audience; One contribution of 16 to a theme issue 'From DNA barcodes to biomes'. Over the last few centuries, many cetacean species have witnessed dramatic global declines due to industrial overharvesting and other anthropogenic influences, and thus are key targets for conservation. Whale bones recovered from archaeological and palaeontological contexts can provide essential baseline information on the past geographical distribution and abundance of species required for developing informed conservation policies. Here we review the challenges with identifying whale bones through traditional anatomical methods, as well as the opportunities provided by new molecular analyses. Through a case study focused on the North Sea, we demonstrate how the utility of this (pre)historic data is currently limited by a lack of accurate taxonomic information for the majority of ancient cetacean remains. We then discuss current opportunities presented by molecular identification methods such as DNA barcoding and collagen peptide mass fingerprinting (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry), and highlight the importance of molecular identifications in assessing ancient species' distributions through a case study focused on the Mediterranean. We conclude by considering high-throughput molecular approaches such as hybridization capture followed by next-generation sequencing as cost-effective approaches for enhancing the ecological informativeness of these ancient sample sets. This article is part of the themed issue 'From DNA barcodes to biomes'.
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