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| Title |
Genome data on the extinct Bison schoetensacki establish it as a sister species of the extant European bison (Bison bonasus)
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12862-017-0894-2 |
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| Authors |
Pauline Palacio, Véronique Berthonaud, Claude Guérin, Josie Lambourdière, Frédéric Maksud, Michel Philippe, Delphine Plaire, Thomas Stafford, Marie-Claude Marsolier-Kergoat, Jean-Marc Elalouf |
| Abstract |
The European bison (Bison bonasus), now found in Europe and the Caucasus, has been proposed to originate either from the extinct steppe/extant American bison lineage or from the extinct Bison schoetensacki lineage. Bison schoetensacki remains are documented in Eurasian Middle Pleistocene sites, but their presence in Upper Pleistocene sites has been questioned. Despite extensive genetic studies carried out on the steppe and European bison, no remains from the fossil record morphologically identified as Bison schoetensacki has been analyzed up to now. In this paper, we analyzed a 36,000-year-old Bison schoetensaki bone sample from the Siréjol cave (France) and a cave hyena coprolite (fossilized feces) found in a nearby cave and containing large amounts of Bovinae DNA. We show that the Bovinae mitochondrial DNA sequences from both samples, including a complete mitochondrial genome sequence, belong to a clade recently reported in the literature. This clade only includes ancient bison specimens without taxonomic identification and displays a sister relationship with the extant European bison. The genetic proximity of Bison schoetensacki with specimens from this clade is corroborated by the analysis of nuclear DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms. This work provides genetic evidence supporting the continuing presence of Bison schoetensacki up to the Upper Pleistocene. Bison schoetensacki turns out to be a sister species of Bison bonasus, excluding the steppe bison Bison priscus as a direct ancestor of the European bison. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 15% |
| Sweden | 2 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Georgia | 1 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 8% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Scientists | 2 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 41 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 26% |
| Researcher | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 9% |
| Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 9 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 19% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 16% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 10 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 January 2024.
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