Ancient genomics and the origin, dispersal, and development of domestic sheep
Science (New York, N.Y.), cilt.387, sa.6733, ss.492-497, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 387 Sayı: 6733
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1126/science.adn2094
- Dergi Adı: Science (New York, N.Y.)
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- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.492-497
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The origins and prehistory of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are incompletely understood; to address this, we generated data from 118 ancient genomes spanning 12,000 years sampled from across Eurasia. Genomes from Central Türkiye ~8000 BCE are genetically proximal to the domestic origins of sheep but do not fully explain the ancestry of later populations, suggesting a mosaic of wild ancestries. Genomic signatures indicate selection by ancient herders for pigmentation patterns, hornedness, and growth rate. Although the first European sheep flocks derive from Türkiye, in a notable parallel with ancient human genome discoveries, we detected a major influx of Western steppe-related ancestry in the Bronze Age.