Ancient DNA Evidence for Old World Origin of New World Dogs

作者：Jennifer A. Leonard, Robert K. Wayne, Jane C. Wheeler, Raúl Valadez, Sonia E. Guillén, Carles Vilà · 发表于：Science · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1126/science.1076980 · 被引用次数：450 · 研究领域：Human-Animal Interaction Studies、Wildlife Ecology and Conservation、Rabies epidemiology and control

Mitochondrial DNA sequences isolated from ancient dog remains from Latin America and Alaska showed that native American dogs originated from multiple Old World lineages of dogs that accompanied late Pleistocene humans across the Bering Strait. One clade of dog sequences was unique to the New World, which is consistent with a period of geographic isolation. This unique clade was absent from a large sample of modern dogs, which implies that European colonists systematically discouraged the breeding of native American dogs.