Bollongino R, Edwards C J, Alt K W, Burger J, Bradley D G
Institut für Anthropologie, Molecular Archaeology Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Saarstrasse 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Biol Lett. 2006 Mar 22;2(1):155-9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0404.
We present an extensive ancient DNA analysis of mainly Neolithic cattle bones sampled from archaeological sites along the route of Neolithic expansion, from Turkey to North-Central Europe and Britain. We place this first reasonable population sample of Neolithic cattle mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in context to illustrate the continuity of haplotype variation patterns from the first European domestic cattle to the present. Interestingly, the dominant Central European pattern, a starburst phylogeny around the modal sequence, T3, has a Neolithic origin, and the reduced diversity within this cluster in the ancient samples accords with their shorter history of post-domestic accumulation of mutation.
我们展示了一项广泛的古代DNA分析，主要针对新石器时代扩张路线沿线考古遗址采集的新石器时代牛骨，该路线从土耳其延伸至欧洲中北部和英国。我们将这一首个合理的新石器时代牛线粒体DNA序列多样性群体样本置于相应背景中，以阐明从首批欧洲家养牛到现代单倍型变异模式的连续性。有趣的是，中欧的主导模式，即以模式序列T3为中心的星爆系统发育，起源于新石器时代，古代样本中该聚类内多样性的降低与其驯化后突变积累的较短历史相符。
