Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

Marta Pereira Verdugo; Victoria E. Mullin; Amelie Scheu; Valeria Mattiangeli; Kevin G. Daly; Pierpaolo Maisano Delser; Andrew J. Hare; Joachim Burger; Matthew J. Collins; Ron Kehati; Paula Hesse; Deirdre Fulton; Eberhard W. Sauer; Fatemeh A. Mohaseb; Hossein Davoudi; Roya Khazaeli; Johanna Lhuillier; Claude Rapin; Saeed Ebrahimi; Mutalib Khasanov; S. M. Farhad Vahidi; David E. MacHugh; Okan Ertuğrul; Chaido Koukouli-Chrysanthaki; Adamantios Sampson; George Kazantzis; Ioannis Kontopoulos; Jelena Bulatovic; Ivana Stojanović; Abdesalam Mikdad; Norbert Benecke; Jörg Linstädter; Mikhail Sablin; Robin Bendrey; Lionel Gourichon; Benjamin S. Arbuckle; Marjan Mashkour; David Orton; Liora Kolska Horwitz; Matthew D. Teasdale; Daniel G. Bradley

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Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

Marta Pereira Verdugo, Victoria E. Mullin, Amelie Scheu, Valeria Mattiangeli, Kevin G. Daly, Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Andrew J. Hare, Joachim Burger, Matthew J. Collins, Ron Kehati, Paula Hesse, Deirdre Fulton, Eberhard W. Sauer, Fatemeh A. Mohaseb, Hossein Davoudi, Roya Khazaeli, Johanna Lhuillier, Claude Rapin, Saeed Ebrahimi, Mutalib KhasanovS. M. Farhad Vahidi, David E. MacHugh, Okan Ertuğrul, Chaido Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, Adamantios Sampson, George Kazantzis, Ioannis Kontopoulos, Jelena Bulatovic, Ivana Stojanović, Abdesalam Mikdad, Norbert Benecke, Jörg Linstädter, Mikhail Sablin, Robin Bendrey, Lionel Gourichon, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Marjan Mashkour, David Orton, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Matthew D. Teasdale, Daniel G. Bradley^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Science
Volume	365
Issue number	6449
Pages (from-to)	173-176
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0036-8075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Verdugo, M. P., Mullin, V. E., Scheu, A., Mattiangeli, V., Daly, K. G., Delser, P. M., Hare, A. J., Burger, J., Collins, M. J., Kehati, R., Hesse, P., Fulton, D., Sauer, E. W., Mohaseb, F. A., Davoudi, H., Khazaeli, R., Lhuillier, J., Rapin, C., Ebrahimi, S., ... Bradley, D. G. (2019). Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent. Science, 365(6449), 173-176. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002

Verdugo, MP, Mullin, VE, Scheu, A, Mattiangeli, V, Daly, KG, Delser, PM, Hare, AJ, Burger, J, Collins, MJ, Kehati, R, Hesse, P, Fulton, D, Sauer, EW, Mohaseb, FA, Davoudi, H, Khazaeli, R, Lhuillier, J, Rapin, C, Ebrahimi, S, Khasanov, M, Farhad Vahidi, SM, MacHugh, DE, Ertuğrul, O, Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, C, Sampson, A, Kazantzis, G, Kontopoulos, I, Bulatovic, J, Stojanović, I, Mikdad, A, Benecke, N, Linstädter, J, Sablin, M, Bendrey, R, Gourichon, L, Arbuckle, BS, Mashkour, M, Orton, D, Horwitz, LK, Teasdale, MD & Bradley, DG 2019, 'Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent', Science, vol. 365, no. 6449, pp. 173-176. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1002

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Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent

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