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 understood1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Here we report a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, an...
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VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Wang, Yucheng Pedersen, Mikkel W. Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah L. Merkel, Marie Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj K. Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn S. 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 N. Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David B Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Moller, Per Willerslev, Eske Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics |
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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 understood1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. 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 W. Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah L. Merkel, Marie Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj K. Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn S. 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 N. Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David B Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Moller, Per Willerslev, Eske |
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Wang, Yucheng Pedersen, Mikkel W. Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah L. Merkel, Marie Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj K. Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn S. 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 N. Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David B Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Moller, Per Willerslev, Eske |
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Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics |
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Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics |
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23026 2023-05-15T14:27:03+02:00 Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics Wang, Yucheng Pedersen, Mikkel W. Alsos, Inger Greve De Sanctis, Bianca Racimo, Fernando Prohaska, Ana Coissac, Eric Owens, Hannah L. Merkel, Marie Føreid Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio Rouillard, Alexandra Lammers, Youri Alberti, Adriana Denoeud, France Money, Daniel Ruter, Anthony H. McColl, Hugh Larsen, Nicolaj K. Cherezova, Anna A. Edwards, Mary E. Fedorov, Grigory B. Haile, James Orlando, Ludovic Vinner, Lasse Korneliussen, Thorfinn S. 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 N. Wincker, Patrick Xing, Yingchun Zhang, Yubin Froese, Duane G. Rahbek, Carsten Nogues, David B Holden, Philip B. Edwards, Neil R. Durbin, Richard Meltzer, David J. Kjær, Kurt H. Moller, Per Willerslev, Eske 2021-10-20 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23026 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x eng eng Nature Research Nature Norges forskningsråd: 226134/F50 Artsdatabanken: 14-14, 70184209 Norges forskningsråd: 294929 Andre: 2017B001 and 2020A001 (CAfs) EU: MCIIF-40974 Andre: 00025300 (Villum Fonden Young Investigator) Andre: Quest Archaeological Research Fund Andre: NE/P015093/1 (NERC) Andre: R302-2018-2155 (Lundbeck Foundation) EC/H2020: 819192 EC/H2020: 681605 EU: MSCA-IF 703542 Andre: UNS69906 (Wellcome Trust) Vetenskapsrådet: VR Andre: WT207492 (Wellcome Trust) Andre: NNF18SA0035006 (Novo Nordisk Foundation) Andre: WT220023 (Wellcome Trust) Andre: CF19-0712 (Carslberg Foundation) Andre: CF18-0024 Carslberg Foundation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FORINFRA/226134/Norway/Norwegian barcode of life network/NorBOL/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/KLIMAFORSK/294929/Norway/Methane cycling archives from warming Arctic lakes: Retrieving the genomic blueprints of Holocene microbes// info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/EHAWC/40974/Norway/European high arctic wetland change// info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/IceAGenT/819192/Norway/Ice Age Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal// info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/PEGASUS/681605/Norway/The makeup of the modern horse: a history of the biological changes introduced by human management// info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/ArCH4ives/703542/Norway/Unlocking the methane cycling archives from Arctic lakes: a biological fingerprint// Wang Y, Pedersen MW, Alsos IGA, De Sanctis B, Racimo F, Prohaska, Coissac E, Owens, Merkel MK, Fernandez-Guerra A, Rouillard A, Lammers Y, Alberti A, Denoeud F, Money, Ruter, McColl H, Larsen NK, Cherezova, Edwards ME, Fedorov, Haile J, Orlando L, Vinner L, Korneliussen TS, Beilman, Bjørk AA, Cao, Dockter, Esdale J, Gusarova G, Kjeldsen KK, Mangerud J, Rasic, Skadhauge, Svendsen J., Tikhonov AN, Wincker P, Xing, Zhang, Froese DG, Rahbek C, Nogues, Holden PB, Edwards NR, Durbin R, Meltzer DJ, Kjær KH, Moller P, Willerslev E. Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics. Nature. 2021 FRIDAID 1947622 doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x 0028-0836 1476-4687 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23026 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04016-x 2021-11-17T23:54:38Z During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. 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 University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Nature 600 7887 86 92 |