Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds.
Throughout most of the Americas, post-colonial dogs largely erased the genetic signatures of pre-historical dogs. However, the North American Arctic harbors dogs that are potentially descended from pre-historical ancestors, as well as those affected by post-colonial translocations and admixtures. In...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt9cc5v40q 2023-06-11T04:08:38+02:00 Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. Brown, SK Darwent, CM Wictum, EJ Sacks, BN 488 - 495 2015-12-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9cc5v40q unknown eScholarship, University of California qt9cc5v40q https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9cc5v40q public Heredity, vol 115, iss 6 Y Chromosome Animals Dogs DNA Mitochondrial Genetic Markers Sequence Analysis Breeding Genetics Population Evolution Molecular Microsatellite Repeats Haplotypes Arctic Regions Female Male Genetic Variation Evolutionary Biology article 2015 ftcdlib 2023-05-08T17:56:05Z Throughout most of the Americas, post-colonial dogs largely erased the genetic signatures of pre-historical dogs. However, the North American Arctic harbors dogs that are potentially descended from pre-historical ancestors, as well as those affected by post-colonial translocations and admixtures. In particular, Inuit dogs from Canada and Greenland are thought to descend from dogs associated with Thule peoples, who relied on them for transportation ca. 1000 years ago. Whether Thule dogs reflected an earlier colonization by Paleoeskimo dogs ca. 4500 years ago is unknown. During the Alaskan Gold Rush, additional sled dogs, possibly of post-colonial derivation, the Alaskan Husky, Malamute and Siberian Husky, were used in the Arctic. The genealogical relationships among and origins of these breeds are unknown. Here we use autosomal, paternal and maternal DNA markers to (1) test the hypothesis that Inuit dogs have retained their indigenous ancestry, (2) characterize their relationship to one another and to other Arctic breeds, and (3) estimate the age of North American indigenous matrilines and patrilines. On the basis of the agreement of all three markers we determined that Inuit dogs have maintained their indigenous nature, and that they likely derive from Thule dogs. In addition, we provide support for previous research that the Inuit dogs from Canada and Greenland dog should not be distinguished as two breeds. The Alaskan Husky displayed evidence of European introgression, in contrast to the Malamute and Siberian Husky, which appear to have maintained most of their ancient Siberian ancestry. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland inuit Thule University of California: eScholarship Arctic Canada Greenland |
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Y Chromosome Animals Dogs DNA Mitochondrial Genetic Markers Sequence Analysis Breeding Genetics Population Evolution Molecular Microsatellite Repeats Haplotypes Arctic Regions Female Male Genetic Variation Evolutionary Biology Brown, SK Darwent, CM Wictum, EJ Sacks, BN Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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Throughout most of the Americas, post-colonial dogs largely erased the genetic signatures of pre-historical dogs. However, the North American Arctic harbors dogs that are potentially descended from pre-historical ancestors, as well as those affected by post-colonial translocations and admixtures. In particular, Inuit dogs from Canada and Greenland are thought to descend from dogs associated with Thule peoples, who relied on them for transportation ca. 1000 years ago. Whether Thule dogs reflected an earlier colonization by Paleoeskimo dogs ca. 4500 years ago is unknown. During the Alaskan Gold Rush, additional sled dogs, possibly of post-colonial derivation, the Alaskan Husky, Malamute and Siberian Husky, were used in the Arctic. The genealogical relationships among and origins of these breeds are unknown. Here we use autosomal, paternal and maternal DNA markers to (1) test the hypothesis that Inuit dogs have retained their indigenous ancestry, (2) characterize their relationship to one another and to other Arctic breeds, and (3) estimate the age of North American indigenous matrilines and patrilines. On the basis of the agreement of all three markers we determined that Inuit dogs have maintained their indigenous nature, and that they likely derive from Thule dogs. In addition, we provide support for previous research that the Inuit dogs from Canada and Greenland dog should not be distinguished as two breeds. The Alaskan Husky displayed evidence of European introgression, in contrast to the Malamute and Siberian Husky, which appear to have maintained most of their ancient Siberian ancestry. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Brown, SK Darwent, CM Wictum, EJ Sacks, BN |
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Brown, SK Darwent, CM Wictum, EJ Sacks, BN |
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Brown, SK |
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Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds. |
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using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical and modern relationships among north american arctic dog breeds. |
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488 - 495 |
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Arctic Canada Greenland |
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Arctic Canada Greenland |
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Arctic Greenland inuit Thule |
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Arctic Greenland inuit Thule |
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Heredity, vol 115, iss 6 |
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