An Ancient Baboon Genome Demonstrates Long-Term Population Continuity in Southern Africa
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An Ancient Baboon Genome Demonstrates Long-Term Population Continuity in Southern Africa. / Mathieson, Iain; Abascal, Federico; Vinner, Lasse; Skoglund, Pontus; Pomilla, Cristina; Mitchell, Peter; Arthur, Charles; Gurdasani, Deepti; Willerslev, Eske; Sandhu, Manj S.; Dewar, Genevieve.
I: Genome Biology and Evolution, Bind 12, Nr. 4, 2020, s. 407-412.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - An Ancient Baboon Genome Demonstrates Long-Term Population Continuity in Southern Africa
AU - Mathieson, Iain
AU - Abascal, Federico
AU - Vinner, Lasse
AU - Skoglund, Pontus
AU - Pomilla, Cristina
AU - Mitchell, Peter
AU - Arthur, Charles
AU - Gurdasani, Deepti
AU - Willerslev, Eske
AU - Sandhu, Manj S.
AU - Dewar, Genevieve
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Baboons are one of the most abundant large nonhuman primates and are widely studied in biomedical, behavioral, and anthropological research. Despite this, our knowledge of their evolutionary and demographic history remains incomplete. Here, we report a 0.9-fold coverage genome sequence from a 5800-year-old baboon from the site of Ha Makotoko in Lesotho. The ancient baboon is closely related to present-day Papio ursinus individuals from southern Africa-indicating a high degree of continuity in the southern African baboon population. This level of population continuity is rare in recent human populations but may provide a good model for the evolution of Homo and other large primates over similar timespans in structured populations throughout Africa.
AB - Baboons are one of the most abundant large nonhuman primates and are widely studied in biomedical, behavioral, and anthropological research. Despite this, our knowledge of their evolutionary and demographic history remains incomplete. Here, we report a 0.9-fold coverage genome sequence from a 5800-year-old baboon from the site of Ha Makotoko in Lesotho. The ancient baboon is closely related to present-day Papio ursinus individuals from southern Africa-indicating a high degree of continuity in the southern African baboon population. This level of population continuity is rare in recent human populations but may provide a good model for the evolution of Homo and other large primates over similar timespans in structured populations throughout Africa.
KW - ancient DNA
KW - baboons
KW - demography
KW - MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT
KW - DNA
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - ADMIXTURE
KW - ANCESTRY
U2 - 10.1093/gbe/evaa019
DO - 10.1093/gbe/evaa019
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32022848
VL - 12
SP - 407
EP - 412
JO - Genome Biology and Evolution
JF - Genome Biology and Evolution
SN - 1759-6653
IS - 4
ER -
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