The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age

Lira Garrido, Jaime; Tressières, Gaétan; Chauvey, Loreleï; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Tonasso‐Calvière, Laure; Seguin‐Orlando, Andaine; Southon, John; Shapiro, Beth; P. Bataille, Clément; Birgel, Julie; Wagner, Stefanie; Khan, Naveed; Liu, Xuexue; María Rodanés Vicente, José; Vicente Picazo Millán, Jesús; Giralt, Josep; Alonso, Natàlia; Aguilera, Isidro; Orsingher, Adriano; Trentacoste, Angela; Payà, Xavier; Morán, Marta; Pilar Iborra Eres, María; Albizuri, Silvia; Valenzuela, Sílvia; Mestres Santandreu, Imma; Durán i Caixal, Montserrat; Principal, Jordí; Huguet, Jordi; Esteve, Xavier; Pedro Pasqual, Mireia; Sala, Nohemi; Pablos, Adrián; Martín, Patricia; María Vergès, Josep; Portero, Rodrigo; Arias Cabal, Pablo; Ontañón Peredo, Roberto; Detry, Cleia; Luı́s, Cristina; Luís Cardoso, João; M. Maeir, Aren; João Valente, Maria; Grau, Elena; Estall I Poles, Vicent; Alfonso Llorens, Joaquín; Miguélez González, Ana; Gardeisen, Armelle; Cupitò, Michele; Tecchiati, U.; G. Bradley, Daniel; Kolska Horwitz, Liora; Rodríguez González, Esther; Nieto‐Espinet, Ariadna; Rosselló Bover, Pere; Ruiz Entrecanales, Rosa; Garcés Estallo, Ignasi; Jiménez Fragoso, Joaquín; Celestino, Sebastián; Orlando, Ludovic

doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62266-z

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The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age

Published in Nature Communications • Aug 2, 2025

Authors:

Jaime Lira Garrido

Gaétan Tressières

Loreleï Chauvey

Abstract

Horses have inhabited Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal) since the Middle Pleistocene, shaping a complex history in the region. Iberia has been proposed as a potential domestication centre and is renowned for producing world-class bloodlines. Here, we generate genome-wide sequence data from 87 ...

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Evolutionary biology

Computational biology

Biology

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