Ancient Mongolian aurochs genomes reveal sustained introgression and management in East Asia

Societies in East Asia have utilized domesticated cattle for over 5000 years, but the genetic history of cattle in East Asia remains understudied. Genome-wide analyses of 23 ancient Mongolian cattle reveal that East Asian aurochs and ancient East Asian taurine cattle are closely related, but neither...

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Autores principales: Brunson, Katherine, Witt, Kelsey E., Monge, Susan, Williams, Sloan, Peede, David, Odsuren, Davaakhuu, Bukhchuluun, Dashzeveg, Cameron, Asa, Szpak, Paul, Amartuvshin, Chunag, Honeychurch, William, Wright, Joshua, Pleuger, Sarah, Erdene, Myagmar, Tumen, Dashtseveg, Rogers, Leland, Khatanbaatar, Dorjpurev, Batdalai, Byambatseren, Galdan, Ganbaatar, Janz, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10441390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37609302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.10.552443
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Sumario:Societies in East Asia have utilized domesticated cattle for over 5000 years, but the genetic history of cattle in East Asia remains understudied. Genome-wide analyses of 23 ancient Mongolian cattle reveal that East Asian aurochs and ancient East Asian taurine cattle are closely related, but neither are closely related to any modern East Asian breeds. We observe binary variation in aurochs diet throughout the early Neolithic, and genomic evidence shows millennia of sustained male-dominated introgression. We identify a unique connection between ancient Mongolian aurochs and the European Hereford breed. These results point to the likelihood of human management of aurochs in Northeast Asia prior to and during the initial adoption of taurine cattle pastoralism.

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