Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats
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Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats. / Jamieson, Alexandra; Carmagnini, Alberto; Howard-McCombe, Jo; Doherty, Sean; Hirons, Alexandra; Dimopoulos, Evangelos; Lin, Audrey T.; Allen, Richard; Anderson-Whymark, Hugo; Barnett, Ross; Batey, Colleen; Beglane, Fiona; Bowden, Will; Bratten, John; De Cupere, Bea; Drew, Ellie; Foley, Nicole M.; Fowler, Tom; Fox, Allison; Geigl, Eva-Maria; Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte; Grange, Thierry; Griffiths, David; Groß, Daniel; Haruda, Ashleigh; Hjermind, Jesper; Knapp, Zoe; Lebrasseur, Ophélie; Librado, Pablo; Lyons, Leslie A.; Mainland, Ingrid; McDonnell, Christine; Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta; Nowak, Carsten; O'Connor, Terry; Peters, Joris; Russo, Isa-Rita M.; Ryan, Hannah; Sheridan, Alison; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Skoglund, Pontus; Swali, Pooja; Symmons, Robert; Thomas, Gabor; Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Senn, Helen; Lawson, Daniel; Driscoll, Carlos; Murphy, William J.; Beaumont, Mark; Ottoni, Claudio; Sykes, Naomi; Larson, Greger; Frantz, Laurent.
In: Current Biology, Vol. 33, No. 21, 2023, p. 4751-4760.e14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats
AU - Jamieson, Alexandra
AU - Carmagnini, Alberto
AU - Howard-McCombe, Jo
AU - Doherty, Sean
AU - Hirons, Alexandra
AU - Dimopoulos, Evangelos
AU - Lin, Audrey T.
AU - Allen, Richard
AU - Anderson-Whymark, Hugo
AU - Barnett, Ross
AU - Batey, Colleen
AU - Beglane, Fiona
AU - Bowden, Will
AU - Bratten, John
AU - De Cupere, Bea
AU - Drew, Ellie
AU - Foley, Nicole M.
AU - Fowler, Tom
AU - Fox, Allison
AU - Geigl, Eva-Maria
AU - Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte
AU - Grange, Thierry
AU - Griffiths, David
AU - Groß, Daniel
AU - Haruda, Ashleigh
AU - Hjermind, Jesper
AU - Knapp, Zoe
AU - Lebrasseur, Ophélie
AU - Librado, Pablo
AU - Lyons, Leslie A.
AU - Mainland, Ingrid
AU - McDonnell, Christine
AU - Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta
AU - Nowak, Carsten
AU - O'Connor, Terry
AU - Peters, Joris
AU - Russo, Isa-Rita M.
AU - Ryan, Hannah
AU - Sheridan, Alison
AU - Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.
AU - Skoglund, Pontus
AU - Swali, Pooja
AU - Symmons, Robert
AU - Thomas, Gabor
AU - Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle
AU - Kitchener, Andrew C.
AU - Senn, Helen
AU - Lawson, Daniel
AU - Driscoll, Carlos
AU - Murphy, William J.
AU - Beaumont, Mark
AU - Ottoni, Claudio
AU - Sykes, Naomi
AU - Larson, Greger
AU - Frantz, Laurent
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As they did so, it is possible that they interbred with the indigenous population of European wildcats (Felis silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related indigenous wild species has been previously demonstrated in other taxa, including pigs, sheep, goats, bees, chickens, and cattle. In the case of cats, a lack of nuclear, genome-wide data, particularly from Near Eastern wildcats, has made it difficult to either detect or quantify this possibility. To address these issues, we generated 75 ancient mitochondrial genomes, 14 ancient nuclear genomes, and 31 modern nuclear genomes from European and Near Eastern wildcats. Our results demonstrate that despite cohabitating for at least 2,000 years on the European mainland and in Britain, most modern domestic cats possessed less than 10% of their ancestry from European wildcats, and ancient European wildcats possessed little to no ancestry from domestic cats. The antiquity and strength of this reproductive isolation between introduced domestic cats and local wildcats was likely the result of behavioral and ecological differences. Intriguingly, this long-lasting reproductive isolation is currently being eroded in parts of the species’ distribution as a result of anthropogenic activities.
AB - Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As they did so, it is possible that they interbred with the indigenous population of European wildcats (Felis silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related indigenous wild species has been previously demonstrated in other taxa, including pigs, sheep, goats, bees, chickens, and cattle. In the case of cats, a lack of nuclear, genome-wide data, particularly from Near Eastern wildcats, has made it difficult to either detect or quantify this possibility. To address these issues, we generated 75 ancient mitochondrial genomes, 14 ancient nuclear genomes, and 31 modern nuclear genomes from European and Near Eastern wildcats. Our results demonstrate that despite cohabitating for at least 2,000 years on the European mainland and in Britain, most modern domestic cats possessed less than 10% of their ancestry from European wildcats, and ancient European wildcats possessed little to no ancestry from domestic cats. The antiquity and strength of this reproductive isolation between introduced domestic cats and local wildcats was likely the result of behavioral and ecological differences. Intriguingly, this long-lasting reproductive isolation is currently being eroded in parts of the species’ distribution as a result of anthropogenic activities.
KW - ancient DNA
KW - cats
KW - domestication
KW - hybridization
U2 - 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.031
DO - 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.031
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37935117
AN - SCOPUS:85175537698
VL - 33
SP - 4751-4760.e14
JO - Current Biology
JF - Current Biology
SN - 0960-9822
IS - 21
ER -
ID: 372811623