Harnessing ancient genomes to study the history of human adaptation

S Marciniak, GH Perry - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
The past several years have witnessed an explosion of successful ancient human genome-
sequencing projects, with genomic-scale ancient DNA data sets now available for more than …

Demographic history, selection and functional diversity of the canine genome

EA Ostrander, RK Wayne, AH Freedman… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The domestic dog represents one of the most dramatic long-term evolutionary experiments
undertaken by humans. From a large wolf-like progenitor, unparalleled diversity in …

Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs

A Bergström, L Frantz, R Schmidt, E Ersmark… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to
what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that …

Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats

FJ Alberto, F Boyer, P Orozco-terWengel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The evolutionary basis of domestication has been a longstanding question and its genetic
architecture is becoming more tractable as more domestic species become genome …

Comparison of village dog and wolf genomes highlights the role of the neural crest in dog domestication

AL Pendleton, F Shen, AM Taravella, S Emery… - BMC biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Domesticated from gray wolves between 10 and 40 kya in Eurasia, dogs
display a vast array of phenotypes that differ from their ancestors, yet mirror other …

Dog10K: an international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes and health

EA Ostrander, GD Wang, G Larson… - National science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Dogs are the most phenotypically diverse mammalian species, and they possess more
known heritable disorders than any other non-human mammal. Efforts to catalog and …

Independent amylase gene copy number bursts correlate with dietary preferences in mammals

P Pajic, P Pavlidis, K Dean, L Neznanova, RA Romano… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The amylase gene (AMY), which codes for a starch-digesting enzyme in animals, underwent
several gene copy number gains in humans (Perry et al., 2007), dogs (Axelsson et al …

The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs

MA Field, S Yadav, O Dudchenko, M Esvaran… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Dogs are uniquely associated with human dispersal and bring transformational insight into
the domestication process. Dingoes represent an intriguing case within canine evolution …

Inference of natural selection from ancient DNA

M Dehasque, MC Ávila-Arcos… - Evolution …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Evolutionary processes, including selection, can be indirectly inferred based on patterns of
genomic variation among contemporary populations or species. However, this often requires …

Dogs accompanied humans during the Neolithic expansion into Europe

M Ollivier, A Tresset, LAF Frantz, S Bréhard… - Biology …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Near Eastern Neolithic farmers introduced several species of domestic plants and animals
as they dispersed into Europe. Dogs were the only domestic species present in both Europe …