In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 15, No. 11 ( 2020-11-12), p. e0241997-
Abstract:
A growing number of researchers studying horse domestication come to a conclusion that this process happened in multiple locations and involved multiple wild maternal lines. The most promising approach to address this problem involves mitochondrial haplotype comparison of wild and domestic horses from various locations coupled with studies of possible migration routes of the ancient shepherds. Here, we sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes of six horses from burials of the Ukok plateau (Russia, Altai Mountains) dated from 2.7 to 1.4 thousand years before present and a single late Pleistocene wild horse from the neighboring region (Denisova cave). Sequencing data indicates that the wild horse belongs to an extinct pre-domestication lineage. Integration of the domestic horse data with known Eurasian haplotypes of a similar age revealed two distinct groups: the first one widely distributed in Europe and presumably imported to Altai, and the second one specific for Altai Mountains and surrounding area.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.t002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.t003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0241997.s002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2267670-3
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