New data on the evolutionary history of the European bison (Bison bonasus) based on subfossil remains from Southeastern Europe.

ABSTRACT: The origin and evolutionary history of the European bison Bison bonasus (wisent) have become clearer after several morphological, genomic, and paleogenomic studies in the last few years, but these paleogenomic studies have raised new questions about the evolution of the species. Here, we present additional information about the population diversity of the species based on the analysis of new subfossil Holocene remains from the Balkan Peninsula. Seven ancient samples excavated from caves in Western Stara Planina in Bulgaria were investigated by mitochondrial D-loop (HVR1) sequence analysis. The samples were dated to 3,800 years BP by radiocarbon analysis. Additionally, a phylogenetic analysis was performed to investigate the genetic relationship among the investigated samples and all

SUBMITTER: Neov B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7981210 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature