Journal article
Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs
- Abstract:
- Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that all dogs share a common ancestry distinct from present-day wolves, with limited gene flow from wolves since domestication but substantial dog-to-wolf gene flow. By 11,000 years ago, at least five major ancestry lineages had diversified, demonstrating a deep genetic history of dogs during the Paleolithic. Coanalysis with human genomes reveals aspects of dog population history that mirror humans, including Levant-related ancestry in Africa and early agricultural Europe. Other aspects differ, including the impacts of steppe pastoralist expansions in West and East Eurasia and a near-complete turnover of Neolithic European dog ancestry.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1126/science.aba9572
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- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Journal:
- Science More from this journal
- Volume:
- 370
- Issue:
- 6516
- Pages:
- 557-564
- Publication date:
- 2020-10-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-09-10
- DOI:
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1095-9203
- ISSN:
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0036-8075
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1140167
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pubs:1140167
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2020-10-30
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- Bergstrom et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works https://www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse This is an article distributed under the terms of the Science Journals Default License.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from AAAS at: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba9572
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