10.5061/DRYAD.G4P30
Ottoni, Claudio
KU Leuven
Van Neer, Wim
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
De Cupere, Bea
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Daligault, Julien
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Guimaraes, Silvia
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Peters, Joris
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Spassov, Nikolai
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Prendergast, Mary E.
Institute for Advanced Study
Boivin, Nicole
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Morales-Muñiz, Arturo
Autonomous University of Madrid
Bălăşescu, Adrian
National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Becker, Cornelia
Freie Universität Berlin
Benecke, Norbert
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Boroneant, Adina
Romanian Academy
Buitenhuis, Hijlke
University of Groningen
Chahoud, Jwana
University of Groningen
Crowther, Alison
University of Queensland
Llorente, Laura
Autonomous University of Madrid
Manaseryan, Nina
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Monchot, Hervé
Labex Resmed, Université Paris IV la Sorbonne, Paris, France
Onart, Vedat
Istanbul University
Osypińska, Marta
Polish Academy of Sciences
Putelat, Olivier
Archéologie Alsace, ArScan, France
Quintana Morales, Eréndira M.
Rice University
Studer, Jacqueline
Natural History Museum of Geneva
Wierer, Ursula
Soprintendenza Archeologia della Toscana, Firenze, Italy
Decorte, Ronny
KU Leuven
Grange, Thierry
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Geigl, Eva-Maria
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Data from: The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world
Dryad
dataset
2018
cat
Felis silvestris
Genetics
Holocene
2018-03-09T00:00:00Z
2018-03-09T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0139
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The cat has long been important to human societies as a pest-control
agent, object of symbolic value and companion animal, but little is known
about its domestication process and early anthropogenic dispersal. Here we
show, using ancient DNA analysis of geographically and temporally
widespread archaeological cat remains, that both the Near Eastern and
Egyptian populations of Felis silvestris lybica contributed to the gene
pool of the domestic cat at different historical times. While the cat’s
worldwide conquest began during the Neolithic period in the Near East, its
dispersal gained momentum during the Classical period, when the Egyptian
cat successfully spread throughout the Old World. The expansion patterns
and ranges suggest dispersal along human maritime and terrestrial routes
of trade and connectivity. A coat-colour variant was found at high
frequency only after the Middle Ages, suggesting that directed breeding of
cats occurred later than with most other domesticated animals.
Cat mtDNA fragmentsNine ND5 gene fragments were amplified via multiplex
PCR and either sequenced by NGS in bulk following the “aMPlex Torrent”
workflow, or reamplified individually by nested PCR and sequenced by
pyrosequencing (see Ottoni et al, 2017, Nature Ecol Evol in press). The
nine sequences obtained by “aMPlex Torrent” for each specimen were
concatenated using a 10 N intervening spacer. For the specimen sequences
that were obtained only by pyrosequencing, the N spacer was extended to
allow alignment of all sequences. The coordinates of the fragments,
excluding primers, numbered according to the Felis silvestris mtDNA
reference sequence (NC001700) are: Frag_7: 12918-12961; Frag_2:
13052-13102; Frag_8: 13263-13333; Frag_3: 13513-13569; Frag_4:
13746-13807; Frag_1: 13945-13980; Frag_5: 14004-14012; Frag_9:
14170-14228; Frag_6:
15071-15131.cats_TOTAL_to_deposit_mtDNA_final.fastaCat Taqpep gene
fragmentsThree fragments allowing genotyping of the T139, D228 and W841
codons of the Taqpep genes controlling the Macquerel or Blotched Tabby
coat color pattern were concatenated for each specimen using a 10 N
intervening spacer. The coordinates of the fragments, excluding primers,
numbered according to the Felis silvestris Taqpep gene (LOC101101437) from
the genomic sequence NC018723 are: T139: 21887-21926; D228: 22154-22180;
W841: 80673-80731.cats_TOTAL_to_deposit_NUCLEAR_final.fasta
South-West Asia
Europe
Africa