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SUBMITTER: Sinding MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116267 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sinding Mikkel-Holger S MS Gopalakrishnan Shyam S Ramos-Madrigal Jazmín J de Manuel Marc M Pitulko Vladimir V VV Kuderna Lukas L Feuerborn Tatiana R TR Frantz Laurent A F LAF Vieira Filipe G FG Niemann Jonas J Samaniego Castruita Jose A JA Carøe Christian C Andersen-Ranberg Emilie U EU Jordan Peter D PD Pavlova Elena Y EY Nikolskiy Pavel A PA Kasparov Aleksei K AK Ivanova Varvara V VV Willerslev Eske E Skoglund Pontus P Fredholm Merete M Wennerberg Sanne Eline SE Heide-Jørgensen Mads Peter MP Dietz Rune R Sonne Christian C Meldgaard Morten M Dalén Love L Larson Greger G Petersen Bent B Sicheritz-Pontén Thomas T Bachmann Lutz L Wiig Øystein Ø Marques-Bonet Tomas T Hansen Anders J AJ Gilbert M Thomas P MTP
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20200601 6498
Although sled dogs are one of the most specialized groups of dogs, their origin and evolution has received much less attention than many other dog groups. We applied a genomic approach to investigate their spatiotemporal emergence by sequencing the genomes of 10 modern Greenland sled dogs, an ~9500-year-old Siberian dog associated with archaeological evidence for sled technology, and an ~33,000-year-old Siberian wolf. We found noteworthy genetic similarity between the ancient dog and modern sled ...[more]