The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys

Todd, Evelyn; Tonasso-Calvière, Laure; Chauvey, Loreleï; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Fages, Antoine; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Clavel, Pierre; Khan, Naveed; Pardal, Lucía; Rosa, Laura; Librado, Pablo; Ringbauer, Harald; Verdugo, Marta; Southon, John; Aury, Jean-Marc; Perdereau, Aude; Vila, Emmanuelle; Marzullo, Matilde; Prato, Ornella; Tecchiati, Umberto; Gianni, Giovanna; Tagliacozzo, Antonio; Tinè, Vincenzo; Alhaique, Francesca; Cardoso, João; Valente, Maria; Antunes, Miguel; Frantz, Laurent; Shapiro, Beth; Bradley, Daniel; Boulbes, Nicolas; Gardeisen, Armelle; Horwitz, Liora; Öztan, Aliye; Arbuckle, Benjamin; Onar, VEDAT; Clavel, Benoît; Lepetz, Sébastien; Vahdati, Ali; Davoudi, Hossein; Mohaseb, Azadeh; Mashkour, Marjan; Bouchez, Olivier; Donnadieu, Cécile; Wincker, Patrick; Brooks, Samantha; Beja-Pereira, Albano; Wu, Dong-Dong; Orlando, Ludovic

doi:10.1126/science.abo3503

The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys

Todd E. T., Tonasso-Calvière L., Chauvey L., Schiavinato S., Fages A., Seguin-Orlando A., ...Daha Fazla

Science, cilt.377, sa.6611, ss.1172-1180, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 377 Sayı: 6611
Basım Tarihi: 2022
Doi Numarası: 10.1126/science.abo3503
Dergi Adı: Science
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, ATLA Religion Database, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Computer & Applied Sciences, EBSCO Education Source, EMBASE, Environment Index, Gender Studies Database, Geobase, Linguistic Bibliography, MEDLINE, Metadex, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Pollution Abstracts, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database, zbMATH, DIALNET, Civil Engineering Abstracts
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1172-1180
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.Donkeys transformed human history as essential beasts of burden for long-distance movement, especially across semi-arid and upland environments. They remain insufficiently studied despite globally expanding and providing key support to low- to middle-income communities. To elucidate their domestication history, we constructed a comprehensive genome panel of 207 modern and 31 ancient donkeys, as well as 15 wild equids. We found a strong phylogeographic structure in modern donkeys that supports a single domestication in Africa ∼5000 BCE, followed by further expansions in this continent and Eurasia and ultimately returning to Africa. We uncover a previously unknown genetic lineage in the Levant ∼200 BCE, which contributed increasing ancestry toward Asia. Donkey management involved inbreeding and the production of giant bloodlines at a time when mules were essential to the Roman economy and military.