Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

Thalmann, Olaf; Shapiro, Beth; Cui, Peng; J. Schuenemann, Verena; Sawyer, Susanna; Greenfield, Danielle; Germonpré, Mietje; Sablin, Mikhail; López‐Giráldez, Francesc; Domingo‐Roura, Xavier; Napierala, Hannes; Uerpmann, H-P.; Loponte, Daniel; Acosta, Alejandro; Giemsch, Liane; W. Schmitz, Ralf; Worthington, Brian; E. Buikstra, Jane; S. Druzhkova, Anna; S. Graphodatsky, Alexander; D. Ovodov, Nicolai; Wahlberg, Niklas; H. Freedman, Adam; M. Schweizer, Rena; Koepfli, Klaus‐Peter; A. Leonard, Jennifer; J. Meyer, Michael; Krause, Johannes; Pääbo, Svante; E. Green, Richard; K. Wayne, Robert

doi:10.1126/science.1243650

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Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ancient Canids Suggest a European Origin of Domestic Dogs

Published in Science • Nov 14, 2013

Authors:

Olaf Thalmann

Beth Shapiro

Peng Cui

Abstract

The geographic and temporal origins of the domestic dog remain controversial, as genetic data suggest a domestication process in East Asia beginning 15,000 years ago, whereas the oldest doglike fossils are found in Europe and Siberia and date to >30,000 years ago. We analyzed the mitochondrial genom...

Subject

Domestication

Mitochondrial DNA

Population

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