Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Ancient Domestic Goats in the Southern Caucasus
A Preliminary Result from Neolithic Settlements at Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı Tepe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4618880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seiji Kadowaki (0000-0002-3849-0549, Nagoya University Museum; Nagoya University; Nagoya Japan, corresponding author), Kazunori Ohnishi (Nagoya University), Arai (0000-0003-0129-009X), Sakura Arai (0000-0002-0877-6175, The University of Tokyo), Farhad Guliyev (0000-0003-1994-4776, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences), Y Nishiaki (0000-0002-8919-0503, The University Museum; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Japan) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-260 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/oa.2534 |
| OpenAlex | W2344053311 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 36 |
This study presents preliminary results of mitochondrial DNA analyses of modern and ancient domestic goats in the southern Caucasus in order to examine their phylogenetic relationship with modern and ancient goats. For this purpose, seven ancient samples were obtained from two early agricultural villages in west Azerbaijan (Göytepe and Hacı Elamxanlı tepe, dated to ca. 6000–5500 cal bc, the Pottery Neolithic period), in addition to five modern goat samples in the same region. In the study, mitochondrial DNA segments of the control region (216 bp for the Neolithic samples and 481 bp for the modern samples) were amplified, and phylogenetic analyses were performed using previously published reference DNA sequences. As a result, all the haplotypes found in this study were grouped in the haplogroup A of goats. The finding of the haplogroup A among domestic goats in the southern Caucasus in the early sixth millennium bc can be interpreted as part of the geographic expansion of this lineage from the areas of initial domestication to surrounding areas that include also South and Southeast Europe. In the southern Caucasus, the haplogroup A probably continued to be a major lineage among domestic goats since their emergence in this area to the present. In contrast, this lineage has not been detected among local wild goats including Capra aegagrus, indicating the external origin of domestic goats. This possibility is consistent with archaeological records that indicate sudden appearance of agricultural lifeways in the southern Caucasus and cultural connections with northern Mesopotamia. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Ancient DNA · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze Age · Domestication · Genotype · Geography · Haplogroup · Haplotype · Human settlement · Mesopotamia · Mitochondrial DNA · Phylogenetic tree · Population · Pottery · Southern Levant · Animal Diversity and Health Studies · Demography · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Genetic diversity and population structure · History · Ecology · Genetics
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| Citations per year | 1.2 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |