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Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle

Overview of attention for article published in Genome Biology, October 2015
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Title
Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle
Published in
Genome Biology, October 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13059-015-0790-2
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Authors

Stephen D E Park, David A. Magee, Paul A. McGettigan, Matthew D. Teasdale, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Amanda J. Lohan, Alison Murphy, Martin Braud, Mark T. Donoghue, Yuan Liu, Andrew T. Chamberlain, Kévin Rue-Albrecht, Steven Schroeder, Charles Spillane, Shuaishuai Tai, Daniel G. Bradley, Tad S. Sonstegard, Brendan J. Loftus, David E. MacHugh

Abstract

Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, gave rise to the two major domestic extant cattle taxa, B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic studies have shed some light on the evolutionary relationships between European aurochs and modern cattle, important questions remain unanswered, including the phylogenetic status of aurochs, whether gene flow from aurochs into early domestic populations occurred, and which genomic regions were subject to selection processes during and after domestication. Here, we address these questions using whole-genome sequencing data generated from an approximately 6,750-year-old British aurochs bone and genome sequence data from 81 additional cattle plus genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism data from a diverse panel of 1,225 modern animals. Phylogenomic analyses place the aurochs as a distinct outgroup to the domestic B. taurus lineage, supporting the predominant Near Eastern origin of European cattle. Conversely, traditional British and Irish breeds share more genetic variants with this aurochs specimen than other European populations, supporting localized gene flow from aurochs into the ancestors of modern British and Irish cattle, perhaps through purposeful restocking by early herders in Britain. Finally, the functions of genes showing evidence for positive selection in B. taurus are enriched for neurobiology, growth, metabolism and immunobiology, suggesting that these biological processes have been important in the domestication of cattle. This work provides important new information regarding the origins and functional evolution of modern cattle, revealing that the interface between early European domestic populations and wild aurochs was significantly more complex than previously thought.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 241 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 54 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 17%
Student > Master 32 13%
Student > Bachelor 32 13%
Other 12 5%
Other 29 12%
Unknown 49 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 110 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 34 13%
Arts and Humanities 14 6%
Environmental Science 11 4%
Computer Science 6 2%
Other 23 9%
Unknown 54 21%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 176. 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 24 October 2023.
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#228,175
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Outputs from Genome Biology
#79
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Outputs of similar age
#3,133
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Outputs of similar age from Genome Biology
#4
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