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The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions.

ABSTRACT: Lions are one of the world's most iconic megafauna, yet little is known about their temporal and spatial demographic history and population differentiation. We analyzed a genomic dataset of 20 specimens: two ca. 30,000-y-old cave lions (Panthera leo spelaea), 12 historic lions (Panthera leo leo/Panthera leo melanochaita) that lived between the 15th and 20th centuries outside the current geographic distribution of lions, and 6 present-day lions from Africa and India. We found that cave and modern lions shared an ancestor ca. 500,000 y ago and that the 2 lineages likely did not hybridize following their divergence. Within modern lions, we found 2 main lineages that diverged ca. 70,000 y ago, with clear evidence of subsequent gene flow. Our data also reveal a nearly complete absence of genetic diversity within Indian lions, probably due to well-documented extremely low effective population sizes in the recent past. Our results contribute toward the understanding of the evolutionary history of lions and complement conservation efforts to protect the diversity of this vulnerable species.

SUBMITTER: de Manuel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245068 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The evolutionary history of extinct and living lions.

de Manuel Marc M   Barnett Ross R   Sandoval-Velasco Marcela M   Yamaguchi Nobuyuki N   Garrett Vieira Filipe F   Zepeda Mendoza M Lisandra ML   Liu Shiping S   Martin Michael D MD   Sinding Mikkel-Holger S MS   Mak Sarah S T SST   Carøe Christian C   Liu Shanlin S   Guo Chunxue C   Zheng Jiao J   Zazula Grant G   Baryshnikov Gennady G   Eizirik Eduardo E   Koepfli Klaus-Peter KP   Johnson Warren E WE   Antunes Agostinho A   Sicheritz-Ponten Thomas T   Gopalakrishnan Shyam S   Larson Greger G   Yang Huanming H   O'Brien Stephen J SJ   Hansen Anders J AJ   Zhang Guojie G   Marques-Bonet Tomas T   Gilbert M Thomas P MTP  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200504 20

Lions are one of the world's most iconic megafauna, yet little is known about their temporal and spatial demographic history and population differentiation. We analyzed a genomic dataset of 20 specimens: two <i>ca.</i> 30,000-y-old cave lions (<i>Panthera leo spelaea</i>), 12 historic lions (<i>Panthera leo leo/Panthera leo melanochaita</i>) that lived between the 15th and 20th centuries outside the current geographic distribution of lions, and 6 present-day lions from Africa and India. We found  ...[more]

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