Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

• Main Authors: Schubert, Mikkel, Jónsson, Hákon, Chang, Dan, Der Sarkissian, Clio, Ermini, Luca, Ginolhac, Aurélien, Albrechtsen, Anders, Dupanloup, Isabelle, Foucal, Adrien, Petersen, Bent, Fumagalli, Matteo, Raghavan, Maanasa, Seguin-Orlando, Andaine, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S, Velazquez, Amhed MV, Stenderup, Jesper, Hoover, Cindi A, Rubin, Carl-Johan, Alfarhan, Ahmed H, Alquraishi, Saleh A, Al-Rasheid, Khaled AS, MacHugh, David E, Kalbfleisch, Ted, MacLeod, James N, Rubin, Edward M, Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas, Andersson, Leif, Hofreiter, Michael, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Nielsen, Rasmus, Excoffier, Laurent, Willerslev, Eske, Shapiro, Beth, Orlando, Ludovic
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Genetics; 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors; Aetiology; Animals; Domestic; Cardiovascular System; Dogs; Evolution; Molecular; Genome; Hindlimb; Horses; Humans; Inbreeding; Russia; ancient DNA; horse domestication; Przewalski's horse; positive selection; cost of domestication; Przewalski’s horse; Taymyr; Kya
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0s93p9gp

The domestication of the horse ∼ 5.5 kya and the emergence of mounted riding, chariotry, and cavalry dramatically transformed human civilization. However, the genetics underlying horse domestication are difficult to reconstruct, given the near extinction of wild horses. We therefore sequenced two an...