Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile Crescent
2019/07/12 by Marta Pereira Verdugo, Victoria E. Mullin, Amelie Scheu +38 · 1 voice · 242 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Ancient DNA #Biology #Domestication #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Genome #Indus #Introgression #Mitochondrial DNA #Paleontology #Population #Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology #Zebu #Zoology
paper · open access · doi:10.1126/science.aav1002
published in Science 365(6449), 173-176 (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
openalex publication_date 2019/07/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
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.
Citations
Cited by
- Detection of Clostridium sporogenes in a Roman-era cattle mass grave at Vilauba
- Inferring Domestic Goat Demographic History Through Ancient Genome Imputation
- Ancient dog mitogenomes support the dual dispersal of dogs and agriculture into South America
- That's So Last Season: Unraveling the Genomic Consequences of Fur Farming in Arctic Foxes ( Vulpes lagopus )
- Unravelling domestication: introduction to the theme issue
- Unwrapping the palimpsest of animal domestication through ancient nuclear genomes
- Distinct adaptation and ancestral retention signals in African and European indigenous cattle genomes
- Global Pangenome Analysis Highlights the Critical Role of Structural Variants in Cattle Improvement and Identifies a Unique Event as a Novel Enhancer in IGFBP7+ Cells
- Inferring domestic goat demographic history through ancient genome imputation
- The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression
- Museum genomics reveals temporal genetic stasis and global genetic diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
- The genomic origins of the world’s first farmers
- A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia
- Placing Ancient DNA Sequences into Reference Phylogenies
- Placing ancient DNA sequences into reference phylogenies
- Animal domestication in the era of ancient genomics
- The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys
- Large‐scale mitogenome sequencing reveals consecutive expansions of domestic taurine cattle and supports sporadic aurochs introgression
- Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs
- The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations
- Current Trends in Ancient DNA Study
- Exotic foods reveal contact between South Asia and the Near East during the second millennium BCE
- Aurochs [wikipedia]
- Unlocking the origins and biology of domestic animals using ancient DNA and paleogenomics. [europepmc]
- An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis . [europepmc]
- Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into structural variation and gene content in Angus and Brahman cattle. [europepmc]
- Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies. [europepmc]
- Comparative analyses of copy number variations between Bos taurus and Bos indicus. [europepmc]
- Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs. [europepmc]
- The patterns of admixture, divergence, and ancestry of African cattle populations determined from genome-wide SNP data. [europepmc]
- Exotic foods reveal contact between South Asia and the Near East during the second millennium BCE. [europepmc]
- Genomic Analysis, Progress and Future Perspectives in Dairy Cattle Selection: A Review. [europepmc]
- A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia. [europepmc]
- The genomic history of the Aegean palatial civilizations. [europepmc]
- Ancient genomes provide insights into family structure and the heredity of social status in the early Bronze Age of southeastern Europe. [europepmc]
- Climate-Resilient Dairy Cattle Production: Applications of Genomic Tools and Statistical Models. [europepmc]
- Our Tangled Family Tree: New Genomic Methods Offer Insight into the Legacy of Archaic Admixture. [europepmc]
- Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains. [europepmc]
- Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment. [europepmc]
- The Quest for Genes Involved in Adaptation to Climate Change in Ruminant Livestock. [europepmc]
- Placing Ancient DNA Sequences into Reference Phylogenies. [europepmc]
- Genome-wide local ancestry and evidence for mitonuclear coadaptation in African hybrid cattle populations. [europepmc]
- Assembly of a pangenome for global cattle reveals missing sequences and novel structural variations, providing new insights into their diversity and evolutionary history. [europepmc]
- Wheat speciation and adaptation: perspectives from reticulate evolution. [europepmc]
- Global dispersal and adaptive evolution of domestic cattle: a genomic perspective. [europepmc]
- A Chinese indicine pangenome reveals a wealth of novel structural variants introgressed from other Bos species. [europepmc]
- Structural variation and introgression from wild populations in East Asian cattle genomes confer adaptation to local environment. [europepmc]
- Global genetic diversity, introgression, and evolutionary adaptation of indicine cattle revealed by whole genome sequencing. [europepmc]
Discussions
Related