Authors
Kevin G Daly, Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Victoria E Mullin, Amelie Scheu, Valeria Mattiangeli, Matthew D Teasdale, Andrew J Hare, Joachim Burger, Marta Pereira Verdugo, Matthew J Collins, Ron Kehati, Cevdet Merih Erek, Guy Bar-Oz, François Pompanon, Tristan Cumer, Canan Çakırlar, Azadeh Fatemeh Mohaseb, Delphine Decruyenaere, Hossein Davoudi, Özlem Çevik, Gary Rollefson, Jean-Denis Vigne, Roya Khazaeli, Homa Fathi, Sanaz Beizaee Doost, Roghayeh Rahimi Sorkhani, Ali Akbar Vahdati, Eberhard W Sauer, Hossein Azizi Kharanaghi, Sepideh Maziar, Boris Gasparian, Ron Pinhasi, Louise Martin, David Orton, Benjamin S Arbuckle, Norbert Benecke, Andrea Manica, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Marjan Mashkour, Daniel G Bradley
Publication date
2018/7/6
Journal
Science
Volume
361
Issue
6397
Pages
85-88
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description
Current genetic data are equivocal as to whether goat domestication occurred multiple times or was a singular process. We generated genomic data from 83 ancient goats (51 with genome-wide coverage) from Paleolithic to Medieval contexts throughout the Near East. Our findings demonstrate that multiple divergent ancient wild goat sources were domesticated in a dispersed process that resulted in genetically and geographically distinct Neolithic goat populations, echoing contemporaneous human divergence across the region. These early goat populations contributed differently to modern goats in Asia, Africa, and Europe. We also detect early selection for pigmentation, stature, reproduction, milking, and response to dietary change, providing 8000-year-old evidence for human agency in molding genome variation within a partner species.
Scholar articles
KG Daly, P Maisano Delser, VE Mullin, A Scheu… - Science, 2018