作者
Olaf Thalmann,Beth Shapiro,Peng Cui,Verena J. Schuenemann,Susanna Sawyer,Danielle Greenfield,Mietje Germonpré,Mikhail Sablin,Francesc López‐Giráldez,Xavier Domingo‐Roura,Hannes Napierala,H-P. Uerpmann,Daniel Loponte,Alejandro Acosta,Liane Giemsch,Ralf W. Schmitz,Brian Worthington,Jane E. Buikstra,Anna S. Druzhkova,Alexander S. Graphodatsky,Nicolai D. Ovodov,Niklas Wahlberg,Adam H. Freedman,Rena M. Schweizer,Klaus‐Peter Koepfli,Jennifer A. Leonard,Michael J. Meyer,Johannes Krause,Svante Pääbo,R. E. Green,Robert K. Wayne
摘要
Dog Domestication The precise details of the domestication and origins of domestic dogs are unclear. Thalmann et al. (p. 871 ; see the cover) analyzed complete mitochondrial genomes from present-day dogs and wolves, as well as 18 fossil canids dating from 1000 to 36,000 years ago from the Old and New Worlds. The data suggest that an ancient, now extinct, central European population of wolves was directly ancestral to domestic dogs. Furthermore, several ancient dogs may represent failed domestication events.