TY - JOUR
T1 - The evolutionary origin and genetic makeup of domestic horses
AU - Sanz, Pablo Librado
AU - Fages, Antoine Alphonse
AU - Gaunitz, Charleen
AU - Leonardi, Michela
AU - Wagner, Stefanie
AU - Khan, Naveed
AU - Hanghøj, Kristian Ebbesen
AU - Alquraishi, Saleh A.
AU - Alfarhan, Ahmed H.
AU - Al-Rasheid, Khaled A.
AU - Der Sarkissian, Clio
AU - Schubert, Mikkel
AU - Orlando, Ludovic Antoine Alexandre
N1 - Copyright © 2016 by the Genetics Society of America.
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - The horse was domesticated only 5.5 KYA, thousands of years after dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats. The horse nonetheless represents the domestic animal that most impacted human history; providing us with rapid transportation, which has considerably changed the speed and magnitude of the circulation of goods and people, as well as their cultures and diseases. By revolutionizing warfare and agriculture, horses also deeply influenced the politico-economic trajectory of human societies. Reciprocally, human activities have circled back on the recent evolution of the horse, by creating hundreds of domestic breeds through selective programs, while leading all wild populations to near extinction. Despite being tightly associated with humans, several aspects in the evolution of the domestic horse remain controversial. Here, we review recent advances in comparative genomics and paleogenomics that helped advance our understanding of the genetic foundation of domestic horses.
AB - The horse was domesticated only 5.5 KYA, thousands of years after dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats. The horse nonetheless represents the domestic animal that most impacted human history; providing us with rapid transportation, which has considerably changed the speed and magnitude of the circulation of goods and people, as well as their cultures and diseases. By revolutionizing warfare and agriculture, horses also deeply influenced the politico-economic trajectory of human societies. Reciprocally, human activities have circled back on the recent evolution of the horse, by creating hundreds of domestic breeds through selective programs, while leading all wild populations to near extinction. Despite being tightly associated with humans, several aspects in the evolution of the domestic horse remain controversial. Here, we review recent advances in comparative genomics and paleogenomics that helped advance our understanding of the genetic foundation of domestic horses.
U2 - 10.1534/genetics.116.194860
DO - 10.1534/genetics.116.194860
M3 - Review
C2 - 27729493
SN - 0016-6731
VL - 204
SP - 423
EP - 434
JO - Genetics
JF - Genetics
IS - 2
ER -
