Data from: Using multiple markers to elucidate the ancient, historical, and modern relationships among North American Arctic dog breeds ...

• Main Authors: Brown, Sarah K., Darwent, Christyann M., Wictum, Elizabeth J., Sacks, Benjamin N.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: Canis lupus familiaris; Y chromosome DNA; Arctic dogs; Autosomal microsatellites; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Canis lupus; inuit; Thule
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.46170; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.46170

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 ... : Brown_et_al_Appendix_1Contains general sample information, mtDNA haplotype data, Y chromosome haplotypes and microsatellite data for Arctic dogs and wolves. ...