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Ancient DNA and population turnover in southern levantine pigs--signature of the sea peoples migration?


ABSTRACT: Near Eastern wild boars possess a characteristic DNA signature. Unexpectedly, wild boars from Israel have the DNA sequences of European wild boars and domestic pigs. To understand how this anomaly evolved, we sequenced DNA from ancient and modern pigs from Israel. Pigs from Late Bronze Age (until ca. 1150 BCE) in Israel shared haplotypes of modern and ancient Near Eastern pigs. European haplotypes became dominant only during the Iron Age (ca. 900 BCE). This raises the possibility that European pigs were brought to the region by the Sea Peoples who migrated to the Levant at that time. Then, a complete genetic turnover took place, most likely because of repeated admixture between local and introduced European domestic pigs that went feral. Severe population bottlenecks likely accelerated this process. Introductions by humans have strongly affected the phylogeography of wild animals, and interpretations of phylogeography based on modern DNA alone should be taken with caution.

SUBMITTER: Meiri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3816294 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ancient DNA and population turnover in southern levantine pigs--signature of the sea peoples migration?

Meiri Meirav M   Huchon Dorothée D   Bar-Oz Guy G   Boaretto Elisabetta E   Horwitz Liora Kolska LK   Maeir Aren M AM   Sapir-Hen Lidar L   Larson Greger G   Weiner Steve S   Finkelstein Israel I  

Scientific reports 20131104


Near Eastern wild boars possess a characteristic DNA signature. Unexpectedly, wild boars from Israel have the DNA sequences of European wild boars and domestic pigs. To understand how this anomaly evolved, we sequenced DNA from ancient and modern pigs from Israel. Pigs from Late Bronze Age (until ca. 1150 BCE) in Israel shared haplotypes of modern and ancient Near Eastern pigs. European haplotypes became dominant only during the Iron Age (ca. 900 BCE). This raises the possibility that European p  ...[more]

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