Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations
The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) is one of the most widely distributed mammals in which a variety of distinct populations have been described. However, given their currently fragmented distribution and recent history of human-induced population decline, little is known about the events that led to thei...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2020.1206 2024-06-02T08:05:02+00:00 Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations Silva, Pedro Galaverni, Marco Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Diego Fan, Zhenxin Caniglia, Romolo Fabbri, Elena Randi, Ettore Wayne, Robert Godinho, Raquel European Regional Development Fund Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1206 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2020.1206 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2020.1206 en eng The Royal Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 287, issue 1931, page 20201206 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2020 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1206 2024-05-07T14:16:48Z The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) is one of the most widely distributed mammals in which a variety of distinct populations have been described. However, given their currently fragmented distribution and recent history of human-induced population decline, little is known about the events that led to their differentiation. Based on the analysis of whole canid genomes, we examined the divergence times between Southern European wolf populations and their ancient demographic history. We found that all present-day Eurasian wolves share a common ancestor ca 36 000 years ago, supporting the hypothesis that all extant wolves derive from a single population that subsequently expanded after the Last Glacial Maximum. We also estimated that the currently isolated European populations of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and the Dinarics-Balkans diverged very closely in time, ca 10 500 years ago, and maintained negligible gene flow ever since. This indicates that the current genetic and morphological distinctiveness of Iberian and Italian wolves can be attributed to their isolation dating back to the end of the Pleistocene, predating the recent human-induced extinction of wolves in Central Europe by several millennia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287 1931 20201206 |
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The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) is one of the most widely distributed mammals in which a variety of distinct populations have been described. However, given their currently fragmented distribution and recent history of human-induced population decline, little is known about the events that led to their differentiation. Based on the analysis of whole canid genomes, we examined the divergence times between Southern European wolf populations and their ancient demographic history. We found that all present-day Eurasian wolves share a common ancestor ca 36 000 years ago, supporting the hypothesis that all extant wolves derive from a single population that subsequently expanded after the Last Glacial Maximum. We also estimated that the currently isolated European populations of the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and the Dinarics-Balkans diverged very closely in time, ca 10 500 years ago, and maintained negligible gene flow ever since. This indicates that the current genetic and morphological distinctiveness of Iberian and Italian wolves can be attributed to their isolation dating back to the end of the Pleistocene, predating the recent human-induced extinction of wolves in Central Europe by several millennia. |
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Silva, Pedro Galaverni, Marco Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Diego Fan, Zhenxin Caniglia, Romolo Fabbri, Elena Randi, Ettore Wayne, Robert Godinho, Raquel Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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Silva, Pedro Galaverni, Marco Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Diego Fan, Zhenxin Caniglia, Romolo Fabbri, Elena Randi, Ettore Wayne, Robert Godinho, Raquel |
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Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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Genomic evidence for the Old divergence of Southern European wolf populations |
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genomic evidence for the old divergence of southern european wolf populations |
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