Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282066 2024-02-11T10:09:20+01:00 Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears Fortes, Gloria G. Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora Kolbe, Ben Fernandes, Daniel Meleg, Ioana N. García Vázquez, Ana Pinto Llona, Ana C. Constantin, Silviu Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de Ortiz, José E. Frischauf, Christine Rabeder, Gernot Hofreiter, Michael Barlow, Axel 2016-08-10 phy http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282066 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj965 en eng Dryad Fortes, Gloria G.; Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora; Kolbe, Ben; Fernandes, Daniel; Meleg, Ioana N.; García Vázquez, Ana; Pinto Llona, Ana C.; Constantin, Silviu; Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de; Ortíz, José E.; Frischauf, Christine; Rabeder, Gernot; Hofreiter, Michael; Barlow, Axel (2016): Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13800. http://hdl.handle.net/10261/201426 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj965 Sí Fortes, Gloria G.; Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora; Kolbe, Ben; Fernandes, Daniel; Meleg, Ioana N.; García Vázquez, Ana; Pinto Llona, Ana C.; Constantin, Silviu; Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de; Ortíz, José E.; Frischauf, Christine; Rabeder, Gernot; Hofreiter, Michael; Barlow, Axel (2016): Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears [Dataset]; Dryad; Version 1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj965 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282066 doi:10.5061/dryad.cj965 http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.cj965 open Ursus arctos Ursus spelaeus Homing dataset 2016 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj96510.1111/mec.13800 2024-01-16T11:30:30Z Fortes_et_al_2016_mtDNA_alignment MtDNA sequence alignment used in Fortes et al. 2016 Mol Ecol. See README for further info. Ancient DNA studies have revolutionized the study of extinct species and populations, providing insights on phylogeny, phylogeography, admixture and demographic history. However, inferences on behaviour and sociality have been far less frequent. Here, we investigate the complete mitochondrial genomes of extinct Late Pleistocene cave bears and middle Holocene brown bears that each inhabited multiple geographically proximate caves in northern Spain. In cave bears, we find that, although most caves were occupied simultaneously, each cave almost exclusively contains a unique lineage of closely related haplotypes. This remarkable pattern suggests extreme fidelity to their birth site in cave bears, best described as homing behaviour, and that cave bears formed stable maternal social groups at least for hibernation. In contrast, brown bears do not show any strong association of mitochondrial lineage and cave, suggesting that these two closely related species differed in aspects of their behaviour and sociality. This difference is likely to have contributed to cave bear extinction, which occurred at a time in which competition for caves between bears and humans was likely intense and the ability to rapidly colonize new hibernation sites would have been crucial for the survival of a species so dependent on caves for hibernation as cave bears. Our study demonstrates the potential of ancient DNA to uncover patterns of behaviour and sociality in ancient species and populations, even those that went extinct many tens of thousands of years ago. Peer reviewed Dataset Ursus arctos Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) |
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Ursus arctos Ursus spelaeus Homing Fortes, Gloria G. Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora Kolbe, Ben Fernandes, Daniel Meleg, Ioana N. García Vázquez, Ana Pinto Llona, Ana C. Constantin, Silviu Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de Ortiz, José E. Frischauf, Christine Rabeder, Gernot Hofreiter, Michael Barlow, Axel Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears |
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Fortes_et_al_2016_mtDNA_alignment MtDNA sequence alignment used in Fortes et al. 2016 Mol Ecol. See README for further info. Ancient DNA studies have revolutionized the study of extinct species and populations, providing insights on phylogeny, phylogeography, admixture and demographic history. However, inferences on behaviour and sociality have been far less frequent. Here, we investigate the complete mitochondrial genomes of extinct Late Pleistocene cave bears and middle Holocene brown bears that each inhabited multiple geographically proximate caves in northern Spain. In cave bears, we find that, although most caves were occupied simultaneously, each cave almost exclusively contains a unique lineage of closely related haplotypes. This remarkable pattern suggests extreme fidelity to their birth site in cave bears, best described as homing behaviour, and that cave bears formed stable maternal social groups at least for hibernation. In contrast, brown bears do not show any strong association of mitochondrial lineage and cave, suggesting that these two closely related species differed in aspects of their behaviour and sociality. This difference is likely to have contributed to cave bear extinction, which occurred at a time in which competition for caves between bears and humans was likely intense and the ability to rapidly colonize new hibernation sites would have been crucial for the survival of a species so dependent on caves for hibernation as cave bears. Our study demonstrates the potential of ancient DNA to uncover patterns of behaviour and sociality in ancient species and populations, even those that went extinct many tens of thousands of years ago. Peer reviewed |
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Fortes, Gloria G. Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora Kolbe, Ben Fernandes, Daniel Meleg, Ioana N. García Vázquez, Ana Pinto Llona, Ana C. Constantin, Silviu Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de Ortiz, José E. Frischauf, Christine Rabeder, Gernot Hofreiter, Michael Barlow, Axel |
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Fortes, Gloria G. Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora Kolbe, Ben Fernandes, Daniel Meleg, Ioana N. García Vázquez, Ana Pinto Llona, Ana C. Constantin, Silviu Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de Ortiz, José E. Frischauf, Christine Rabeder, Gernot Hofreiter, Michael Barlow, Axel |
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Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears |
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Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears |
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Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears |
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Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears |
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Fortes, Gloria G.; Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora; Kolbe, Ben; Fernandes, Daniel; Meleg, Ioana N.; García Vázquez, Ana; Pinto Llona, Ana C.; Constantin, Silviu; Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de; Ortíz, José E.; Frischauf, Christine; Rabeder, Gernot; Hofreiter, Michael; Barlow, Axel (2016): Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13800. http://hdl.handle.net/10261/201426 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj965 Sí Fortes, Gloria G.; Grandal d'Anglade, Aurora; Kolbe, Ben; Fernandes, Daniel; Meleg, Ioana N.; García Vázquez, Ana; Pinto Llona, Ana C.; Constantin, Silviu; Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, Trinidad J. de; Ortíz, José E.; Frischauf, Christine; Rabeder, Gernot; Hofreiter, Michael; Barlow, Axel (2016): Data from: Ancient DNA reveals differences in behaviour and sociality between brown bears and extinct cave bears [Dataset]; Dryad; Version 1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cj965 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282066 doi:10.5061/dryad.cj965 http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.cj965 |
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