Communications Biology (Nov 2021)
Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication
- Erinç Yurtman,
- Onur Özer,
- Eren Yüncü,
- Nihan Dilşad Dağtaş,
- Dilek Koptekin,
- Yasin Gökhan Çakan,
- Mustafa Özkan,
- Ali Akbaba,
- Damla Kaptan,
- Gözde Atağ,
- Kıvılcım Başak Vural,
- Can Yümni Gündem,
- Louise Martin,
- Gülşah Merve Kılınç,
- Ayshin Ghalichi,
- Sinan Can Açan,
- Reyhan Yaka,
- Ekin Sağlıcan,
- Vendela Kempe Lagerholm,
- Maja Krzewińska,
- Torsten Günther,
- Pedro Morell Miranda,
- Evangelia Pişkin,
- Müge Şevketoğlu,
- C. Can Bilgin,
- Çiğdem Atakuman,
- Yılmaz Selim Erdal,
- Elif Sürer,
- N. Ezgi Altınışık,
- Johannes A. Lenstra,
- Sevgi Yorulmaz,
- Mohammad Foad Abazari,
- Javad Hoseinzadeh,
- Douglas Baird,
- Erhan Bıçakçı,
- Özlem Çevik,
- Fokke Gerritsen,
- Rana Özbal,
- Anders Götherström,
- Mehmet Somel,
- İnci Togan,
- Füsun Özer
Affiliations
- Erinç Yurtman
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Onur Özer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Eren Yüncü
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Nihan Dilşad Dağtaş
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Dilek Koptekin
- Department of Health Informatics, Middle East Technical University
- Yasin Gökhan Çakan
- Department of Prehistory, Istanbul University, Laleli
- Mustafa Özkan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Ali Akbaba
- Department of Anthropology, Ankara University
- Damla Kaptan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Gözde Atağ
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Kıvılcım Başak Vural
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Can Yümni Gündem
- Department of Archaeology, Batman University
- Louise Martin
- Institute of Archaeology, University College London
- Gülşah Merve Kılınç
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Ayshin Ghalichi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Sinan Can Açan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Reyhan Yaka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Ekin Sağlıcan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Vendela Kempe Lagerholm
- Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, University of Stockholm
- Maja Krzewińska
- Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, University of Stockholm
- Torsten Günther
- Department of Organismal Biology, Human Evolution Research Program, Uppsala University
- Pedro Morell Miranda
- Department of Organismal Biology, Human Evolution Research Program, Uppsala University
- Evangelia Pişkin
- Department of Settlement Archaeology, Middle East Technical University
- Müge Şevketoğlu
- Centre for Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Conservation, Cyprus International University
- C. Can Bilgin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Çiğdem Atakuman
- Department of Settlement Archaeology, Middle East Technical University
- Yılmaz Selim Erdal
- Department of Anthropology, Hacettepe University
- Elif Sürer
- Department of Modeling and Simulation, Graduate School of Informatics, Middle East Technical University
- N. Ezgi Altınışık
- Department of Anthropology, Hacettepe University
- Johannes A. Lenstra
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
- Sevgi Yorulmaz
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Mohammad Foad Abazari
- Research Center for Clinical Virology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Javad Hoseinzadeh
- Department of Archaeology, University of Kashan
- Douglas Baird
- Department of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, University of Liverpool
- Erhan Bıçakçı
- Department of Prehistory, Istanbul University, Laleli
- Özlem Çevik
- Department of Archaeology, Trakya University
- Fokke Gerritsen
- Netherlands Institute in Turkey
- Rana Özbal
- Department of Archaeology and History of Art, Koç University
- Anders Götherström
- Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, University of Stockholm
- Mehmet Somel
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- İnci Togan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University
- Füsun Özer
- Department of Anthropology, Hacettepe University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02794-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Yurtman, Özer, Yüncü et al. provide an ancient DNA data set to demonstrate the impact of human activity on the demographic history of domestic sheep. The authors demonstrate that there may have been multiple domestication events with notable changes to the gene pool of European and Anatolian sheep since the Neolithic.
