Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the most widely distributed felids in the world. However, most of its populations started to decline a few millennia ago. Historical declines have been especially severe in Europe, and particularly in Western Europe, from where the species disappeared in the l...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/367852 2024-09-30T14:46:23+00:00 Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe Lucena-Pérez, María Bazzicalupo, Enrico Paijmans, Johanna L. A. Kleinman-Ruiz, Daniel Dalén, Love Hofreiter, Michael Delibes, Miguel Clavero, Miguel Godoy, José A. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) 2022 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/367852 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107518 unknown Elsevier #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2013-47755-P/ES/GENOMICA DE LA CONSERVACION DE LINCES: EVALUACION DE LA VARIACION FUNCIONAL Y DEL PAPEL DE LA SELECCION EN POBLACIONES EN DECLIVE/ Publisher's version http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107518 Sí doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107518 issn: 0277-3791 Quarternary Science Reviews 285 (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/367852 open artículo 2022 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107518 2024-09-17T14:25:56Z The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the most widely distributed felids in the world. However, most of its populations started to decline a few millennia ago. Historical declines have been especially severe in Europe, and particularly in Western Europe, from where the species disappeared in the last few centuries. Here, we analyze the genome of an Eurasian lynx inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula 2500 ya, to gain insights into the phylogeographic position and genetic status of this extinct population. Also, we contextualize previous ancient data in the light of new phylogeographic studies of the species. Our results suggest that the Iberian population is part of an extinct European lineage closely related to the current Carpathian-Baltic lineages. Also, this sample holds the lowest diversity reported for the species so far, and similar to that of the highly endangered Iberian lynx. A combination of historical factors, such as a founder effect while colonizing the peninsula, together with intensified human impacts during the Holocene in the Cantabrian strip, could have led to a genetic impoverishment of the population and precipitated its extinction. Mitogenomic lineages distribution in space and time support the long-term coexistence of several lineages of Eurasian lynx in Western Europe with fluctuating ranges. While mitochondrial sequences related to the lineages currently found in Balkans and Caucasus were predominant during the Pleistocene, those more closely related to the lineage currently distributed in Central Europe prevailed during the Holocene. The use of ancient genomics has proven to be a useful tool to understand the biogeographic pattern of the Eurasian lynx in the past. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Quaternary Science Reviews 285 107518 |
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The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the most widely distributed felids in the world. However, most of its populations started to decline a few millennia ago. Historical declines have been especially severe in Europe, and particularly in Western Europe, from where the species disappeared in the last few centuries. Here, we analyze the genome of an Eurasian lynx inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula 2500 ya, to gain insights into the phylogeographic position and genetic status of this extinct population. Also, we contextualize previous ancient data in the light of new phylogeographic studies of the species. Our results suggest that the Iberian population is part of an extinct European lineage closely related to the current Carpathian-Baltic lineages. Also, this sample holds the lowest diversity reported for the species so far, and similar to that of the highly endangered Iberian lynx. A combination of historical factors, such as a founder effect while colonizing the peninsula, together with intensified human impacts during the Holocene in the Cantabrian strip, could have led to a genetic impoverishment of the population and precipitated its extinction. Mitogenomic lineages distribution in space and time support the long-term coexistence of several lineages of Eurasian lynx in Western Europe with fluctuating ranges. While mitochondrial sequences related to the lineages currently found in Balkans and Caucasus were predominant during the Pleistocene, those more closely related to the lineage currently distributed in Central Europe prevailed during the Holocene. The use of ancient genomics has proven to be a useful tool to understand the biogeographic pattern of the Eurasian lynx in the past. |
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Lucena-Pérez, María Bazzicalupo, Enrico Paijmans, Johanna L. A. Kleinman-Ruiz, Daniel Dalén, Love Hofreiter, Michael Delibes, Miguel Clavero, Miguel Godoy, José A. |
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Lucena-Pérez, María Bazzicalupo, Enrico Paijmans, Johanna L. A. Kleinman-Ruiz, Daniel Dalén, Love Hofreiter, Michael Delibes, Miguel Clavero, Miguel Godoy, José A. Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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Lucena-Pérez, María Bazzicalupo, Enrico Paijmans, Johanna L. A. Kleinman-Ruiz, Daniel Dalén, Love Hofreiter, Michael Delibes, Miguel Clavero, Miguel Godoy, José A. |
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Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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Ancient genome provides insights into the history of Eurasian lynx in Iberia and Western Europe |
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ancient genome provides insights into the history of eurasian lynx in iberia and western europe |
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