The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 317 Số 5837 - Trang 519-523 - 2007
Carlos A. Driscoll1,2,3,4,5, Marilyn Menotti‐Raymond1,2,3,4,5, Alfred L. Roca1,2,4,5, Karsten Hupe1,2,3,4,5, Warren E. Johnson1,2,3,4,5, Eli Geffen1,2,3,4,5, Eric H. Harley1,2,3,4,5, Miguel Delibes1,2,3,4,5, Dominique Pontier1,2,3,4,5, Andrew C. Kitchener6,1,7,2,4, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi1,2,3,4,5, Stephen J. O’Brien1,2,3,4,5, David W. Macdonald1,2,3,4,5
1Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
2Jagd Einrichtungs Büro, Am Sahlbach 9a, 37170 Fürstenhagen, Germany.
3Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
4Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
5Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
6Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK
7Institute of Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK

Tóm tắt

The world's domestic cats carry patterns of sequence variation in their genome that reflect a history of domestication and breed development. A genetic assessment of 979 domestic cats and their wild progenitors— Felis silvestris silvestris (European wildcat), F. s. lybica (Near Eastern wildcat), F. s. ornata (central Asian wildcat), F. s. cafra (southern African wildcat), and F. s. bieti (Chinese desert cat)—indicated that each wild group represents a distinctive subspecies of Felis silvestris. Further analysis revealed that cats were domesticated in the Near East, probably coincident with agricultural village development in the Fertile Crescent. Domestic cats derive from at least five founders from across this region, whose descendants were transported across the world by human assistance.

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We thank M. W. Smith A. Schmidt-Kuntzel C. O'hUigen and B. Gold for discussions and J. Bruksch A. Brandt S. Rosendale and F. Hussain for technical assistance. We appreciate the efforts of all of our collaborators listed in fig. S1 who provided biological specimens used in this study. All tissues were collected in full compliance with federal fish and wildlife permits [Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)] issued to the National Cancer Institute (NCI; principal officer S.J.O.) by the Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department of the Interior. Supported by NCI grant N01-CO-12400 and the Intramural Research Program of the NCI Center for Cancer Research. Sequences have been deposited in GenBank with accession numbers EF587016 to EF587179.

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