Palaeogenetics of cattle domestication: Methodological challenges for the study of fossil bones preserved in the domestication centre in Southwest Asia
International audience Recently, palaeogenetics encountered enormous success when parts of the nuclear genomes of mammoth and Neanderthal man were analysed. Their bones, however, had been preserved in environments favourable to DNA preservation, i.e., permafrost regions and caves in temperate region...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00326891v1 2023-05-15T17:57:51+02:00 Palaeogenetics of cattle domestication: Methodological challenges for the study of fossil bones preserved in the domestication centre in Southwest Asia Geigl, Eva-Maria Institut Jacques Monod (IJM (UMR_7592)) Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2008-04 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00326891 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.001 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.001 hal-00326891 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00326891 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.001 Comptes Rendus Palevol https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00326891 Comptes Rendus Palevol, Elsevier, 2008, 7, issues 2-3, pp.99-112. ⟨10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.001⟩ Ancient DNA Palaeogenetics Domestication Cattle Aurochs Neolithic Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDV.BBM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry Molecular Biology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2008 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.001 2021-11-28T01:39:43Z International audience Recently, palaeogenetics encountered enormous success when parts of the nuclear genomes of mammoth and Neanderthal man were analysed. Their bones, however, had been preserved in environments favourable to DNA preservation, i.e., permafrost regions and caves in temperate regions. Few studies have tackled archaeological bones from hot, arid regions, although they bear great significance for the study of evolution of humans and the precursors of modern societies. According to archaeological evidence, a key event in neolithisation, the domestication of cattle, took place around 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia. Genetic data from prehistoric bovine bones preserved in this region might shed light on this process, but the palaeogenetic approach has been hampered by poor DNA preservation. Here, I discuss various aspects of DNA preservation in fossils and the production of reliable palaeogenetic data and present methodological improvements that have enabled us to shed light on the process of cattle domestication in Southwest Asia and its spread into western Europe. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Comptes Rendus Palevol 7 2-3 99 112 |
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International audience Recently, palaeogenetics encountered enormous success when parts of the nuclear genomes of mammoth and Neanderthal man were analysed. Their bones, however, had been preserved in environments favourable to DNA preservation, i.e., permafrost regions and caves in temperate regions. Few studies have tackled archaeological bones from hot, arid regions, although they bear great significance for the study of evolution of humans and the precursors of modern societies. According to archaeological evidence, a key event in neolithisation, the domestication of cattle, took place around 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia. Genetic data from prehistoric bovine bones preserved in this region might shed light on this process, but the palaeogenetic approach has been hampered by poor DNA preservation. Here, I discuss various aspects of DNA preservation in fossils and the production of reliable palaeogenetic data and present methodological improvements that have enabled us to shed light on the process of cattle domestication in Southwest Asia and its spread into western Europe. |
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Palaeogenetics of cattle domestication: Methodological challenges for the study of fossil bones preserved in the domestication centre in Southwest Asia |
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Palaeogenetics of cattle domestication: Methodological challenges for the study of fossil bones preserved in the domestication centre in Southwest Asia |
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Palaeogenetics of cattle domestication: Methodological challenges for the study of fossil bones preserved in the domestication centre in Southwest Asia |
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