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Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys

Both molecular data and archaeological evidence strongly support an African origin for the domestic donkey. Recent genetic studies further suggest that there were two distinct maternal lineages involved in its initial domestication. However, the exact introduction time and the dispersal process of d...

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Autores principales: Wang, Linying, Sheng, Guilian, Preick, Michaela, Hu, Songmei, Deng, Tao, Taron, Ulrike H., Barlow, Axel, Hu, Jiaming, Xiao, Bo, Sun, Guojiang, Song, Shiwen, Hou, Xindong, Lai, Xulong, Hofreiter, Michael, Yuan, Junxia
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8554150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.759831
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author Wang, Linying
Sheng, Guilian
Preick, Michaela
Hu, Songmei
Deng, Tao
Taron, Ulrike H.
Barlow, Axel
Hu, Jiaming
Xiao, Bo
Sun, Guojiang
Song, Shiwen
Hou, Xindong
Lai, Xulong
Hofreiter, Michael
Yuan, Junxia
author_facet Wang, Linying
Sheng, Guilian
Preick, Michaela
Hu, Songmei
Deng, Tao
Taron, Ulrike H.
Barlow, Axel
Hu, Jiaming
Xiao, Bo
Sun, Guojiang
Song, Shiwen
Hou, Xindong
Lai, Xulong
Hofreiter, Michael
Yuan, Junxia
author_sort Wang, Linying
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description Both molecular data and archaeological evidence strongly support an African origin for the domestic donkey. Recent genetic studies further suggest that there were two distinct maternal lineages involved in its initial domestication. However, the exact introduction time and the dispersal process of domestic donkeys into ancient China are still unresolved. To address these questions, we retrieved three near-complete mitochondrial genomes from donkey specimens excavated from Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province, and Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China, dated at 2,349-2,301, 469-311, and 2,160-2,004 cal. BP, respectively. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses reveal that the two older samples fall into the two different main lineages (i.e., clade Ⅰ and clade Ⅱ) of the domestic donkey, suggesting that the two donkey maternal lineages had been introduced into Midwestern China at least at the opening of Silk Road (approximately the first century BC). Bayesian analysis shows that the split of the two donkey maternal lineages is dated at 0.323 Ma (95% CI: 0.583–0.191 Ma) using root-tip dating calibrations based on near-complete mitogenomes, supporting the hypothesis that modern domestic donkeys go back to at least two independent domestication events. Moreover, Bayesian skyline plot analyses indicate an apparent female population increase between 5,000 and 2,500 years ago for clade I followed by a stable population size to the present day. In contrast, clade II keeps a relatively stable population size over the past 5,000 years. Overall, our study provides new insights into the early domestication history of Chinese domestic donkeys.
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spelling pubmed-85541502021-10-30 Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys Wang, Linying Sheng, Guilian Preick, Michaela Hu, Songmei Deng, Tao Taron, Ulrike H. Barlow, Axel Hu, Jiaming Xiao, Bo Sun, Guojiang Song, Shiwen Hou, Xindong Lai, Xulong Hofreiter, Michael Yuan, Junxia Front Genet Genetics Both molecular data and archaeological evidence strongly support an African origin for the domestic donkey. Recent genetic studies further suggest that there were two distinct maternal lineages involved in its initial domestication. However, the exact introduction time and the dispersal process of domestic donkeys into ancient China are still unresolved. To address these questions, we retrieved three near-complete mitochondrial genomes from donkey specimens excavated from Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province, and Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China, dated at 2,349-2,301, 469-311, and 2,160-2,004 cal. BP, respectively. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses reveal that the two older samples fall into the two different main lineages (i.e., clade Ⅰ and clade Ⅱ) of the domestic donkey, suggesting that the two donkey maternal lineages had been introduced into Midwestern China at least at the opening of Silk Road (approximately the first century BC). Bayesian analysis shows that the split of the two donkey maternal lineages is dated at 0.323 Ma (95% CI: 0.583–0.191 Ma) using root-tip dating calibrations based on near-complete mitogenomes, supporting the hypothesis that modern domestic donkeys go back to at least two independent domestication events. Moreover, Bayesian skyline plot analyses indicate an apparent female population increase between 5,000 and 2,500 years ago for clade I followed by a stable population size to the present day. In contrast, clade II keeps a relatively stable population size over the past 5,000 years. Overall, our study provides new insights into the early domestication history of Chinese domestic donkeys. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8554150/ /pubmed/34721545 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.759831 Text en Copyright © 2021 Wang, Sheng, Preick, Hu, Deng, Taron, Barlow, Hu, Xiao, Sun, Song, Hou, Lai, Hofreiter and Yuan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Genetics
Wang, Linying
Sheng, Guilian
Preick, Michaela
Hu, Songmei
Deng, Tao
Taron, Ulrike H.
Barlow, Axel
Hu, Jiaming
Xiao, Bo
Sun, Guojiang
Song, Shiwen
Hou, Xindong
Lai, Xulong
Hofreiter, Michael
Yuan, Junxia
Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title_full Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title_fullStr Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title_full_unstemmed Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title_short Ancient Mitogenomes Provide New Insights into the Origin and Early Introduction of Chinese Domestic Donkeys
title_sort ancient mitogenomes provide new insights into the origin and early introduction of chinese domestic donkeys
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8554150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.759831
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