Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent
- Creators
- Verdugo, Marta Pereira
- Mullin, Victoria E.
- Scheu, Amelie
- Mattiangeli, Valeria
- Daly, Kevin G.
- Maisano Delser, Pierpaolo
- Hare, Andrew J.
- Burger, Joachim
- Collins, Matthew
- Kehati, Ron
- Hesse, Paula
- Fulton, Deirdre
- Sauer, Eberhard W.
- Mohaseb, Fatemeh A.
- Davoudi, Hossein
- Khazaeli, Roya
- Lhuillier, Johanna
- Rapin, Claude
- Ebrahimi, Saeed
- Khasanov, Mutalib
- Vahidi, S. M/ Farhad
- Machugh, David
- Ertuğrul, Okan
- Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, Chaido
- Sampson, Adamantios
- Kazantzis, George
- Kontopoulos, Ioannis
- Bulatovic, Jelena
- Stojanović, Ivana
- Mikdad, Abdesalam
- Benecke, Norbert
- Linstädter, Jörg
- Sablin, Mikhail
- Bendrey, Robin
- Gourichon, Lionel
- Arbuckle, Benjamin
- Mashkour, Marjan
- Orton, David
- Horwitz, Liora Kolska
- Teasdale, Matthew
- Bradley, Daniel
- Others:
- Tarbiat Modares University [Tehran]
- ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien (Archéorient) ; Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- University of Tehran
- Zoological Institute ; Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS)
- University of Reading (UOR)
- Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Department of Anthropology, Baylor University ; Baylor University
- Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE) ; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- HEC Paris - Recherche - Hors Laboratoire ; Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris)
Description
Genome-wide analysis of 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle, Bos taurus, remains reveals regional variation that has since been obscured by admixture in modern populations. Comparisons of genomes of early domestic cattle to their aurochs progenitors identify diverse origins with separate introgressions of wild stock. A later region-wide Bronze Age shift indicates rapid and widespread introgression of zebu, Bos indicus, from the Indus Valley. This process was likely stimulated at the onset of the current geological age, ~4.2 thousand years ago, by a widespread multicentury drought. In contrast to genome-wide admixture, mitochondrial DNA stasis supports that this introgression was male-driven, suggesting that selection of arid-adapted zebu bulls enhanced herd survival. This human-mediated migration of zebu-derived genetics has continued through millennia, altering tropical herding on each continent.Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.
Abstract
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Additional details
- URL
- https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02188455
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-02188455v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA