Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics
During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood 1–8 . Here we report a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, analysing 53...
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During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood 1–8 . Here we report a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, analysing 535 permafrost and lake sediment samples from across the Arctic spanning the past 50,000 years. Furthermore, we present 1,541 contemporary plant genome assemblies that were generated as reference sequences. Our study provides several insights into the long-term dynamics of the Arctic biota at the circumpolar and regional scales. Our key findings include: (1) a relatively homogeneous steppe–tundra flora dominated the Arctic during the Last Glacial Maximum, followed by regional divergence of vegetation during the Holocene epoch; (2) certain grazing animals consistently co-occurred in space and time; (3) humans appear to have been a minor factor in driving animal distributions; (4) higher effective precipitation, as well as an increase in the proportion of wetland plants, show negative effects on animal diversity; (5) the persistence of the steppe–tundra vegetation in northern Siberia enabled the late survival of several now-extinct megafauna species, including the woolly mammoth until 3.9 ± 0.2 thousand years ago (ka) and the woolly rhinoceros until 9.8 ± 0.2 ka; and (6) phylogenetic analysis of mammoth environmental DNA reveals a previously unsampled mitochondrial lineage. Our findings highlight the power of ancient environmental metagenomics analyses to advance understanding of population histories and long-term ecological dynamics. |
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Wang, Yucheng Pedersen, Mikkel Winther Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah Lois Merkel, Marie Kristine Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj Krog Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand Beilman, David W. Bjørk, Anders A. Cao, Jialu Dockter, Christoph Esdale, Julie Gusarova, Galina Kjeldsen, Kristian K. Mangerud, Jan Rasic, Jeffrey T. Skadhauge, Birgitte Svendsen, John Inge Tikhonov, Alexei Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David Bravo Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Möller, Per Willerslev, Eske |
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/11b8bcd6-22ad-4176-84c0-73b1f2dea952 2023-05-15T14:28:08+02:00 Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics Wang, Yucheng Pedersen, Mikkel Winther Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah Lois Merkel, Marie Kristine Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj Krog Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand Beilman, David W. Bjørk, Anders A. Cao, Jialu Dockter, Christoph Esdale, Julie Gusarova, Galina Kjeldsen, Kristian K. Mangerud, Jan Rasic, Jeffrey T. Skadhauge, Birgitte Svendsen, John Inge Tikhonov, Alexei Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David Bravo Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Möller, Per Willerslev, Eske 2021 https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/late-quaternary-dynamics-of-arctic-biota-from-ancient-environmental-genomics(11b8bcd6-22ad-4176-84c0-73b1f2dea952).html https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117398172&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Wang , Y , Pedersen , M W , Alsos , I G , De Sanctis , B , Racimo , F , Prohaska , A , Coissac , E , Owens , H L , Merkel , M K F , Fernandez-Guerra , A , Rouillard , A , Lammers , Y , Alberti , A , Denoeud , F , Money , D , Ruter , A H , McColl , H , Larsen , N K , Cherezova , A A , Edwards , M E , Fedorov , G B , Haile , J , Orlando , L , Vinner , L , Korneliussen , T S , Beilman , D W , Bjørk , A A , Cao , J , Dockter , C , Esdale , J , Gusarova , G , Kjeldsen , K K , Mangerud , J , Rasic , J T , Skadhauge , B , Svendsen , J I , Tikhonov , A , Wincker , P , Xing , Y , Zhang , Y , Froese , D G , Rahbek , C , Nogues , D B , Holden , P B , Edwards , N R , Durbin , R , Meltzer , D J , Kjær , K H , Möller , P & Willerslev , E 2021 , ' Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics ' , Nature . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x article 2021 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x 2021-11-03T23:47:31Z During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood 1–8 . Here we report a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, analysing 535 permafrost and lake sediment samples from across the Arctic spanning the past 50,000 years. Furthermore, we present 1,541 contemporary plant genome assemblies that were generated as reference sequences. Our study provides several insights into the long-term dynamics of the Arctic biota at the circumpolar and regional scales. Our key findings include: (1) a relatively homogeneous steppe–tundra flora dominated the Arctic during the Last Glacial Maximum, followed by regional divergence of vegetation during the Holocene epoch; (2) certain grazing animals consistently co-occurred in space and time; (3) humans appear to have been a minor factor in driving animal distributions; (4) higher effective precipitation, as well as an increase in the proportion of wetland plants, show negative effects on animal diversity; (5) the persistence of the steppe–tundra vegetation in northern Siberia enabled the late survival of several now-extinct megafauna species, including the woolly mammoth until 3.9 ± 0.2 thousand years ago (ka) and the woolly rhinoceros until 9.8 ± 0.2 ka; and (6) phylogenetic analysis of mammoth environmental DNA reveals a previously unsampled mitochondrial lineage. Our findings highlight the power of ancient environmental metagenomics analyses to advance understanding of population histories and long-term ecological dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic permafrost Tundra Siberia Aarhus University: Research Arctic Nature 600 7887 86 92 |