Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2017)

Complete mitochondrial genome of an extinct Equus (Sussemionus) ovodovi specimen from Denisova cave (Altai, Russia)

  • Anna S. Druzhkova,
  • Alexey I. Makunin,
  • Nadezhda V. Vorobieva,
  • Sergey K. Vasiliev,
  • Nikolai D. Ovodov,
  • Mikhail V. Shunkov,
  • Vladimir A. Trifonov,
  • Alexander S. Graphodatsky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2017.1285209
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 79 – 81

Abstract

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Sussemionus is an extinct subgenus of Equus first characterized and delineated in 2010. The almost complete mitochondrial genome is available only for a single specimen of Sussemionus – a 40,000 years old E. ovodovi from Proskuryakova cave (Khakassia, Russia). Our studies of ancient horses from Denisova cave (Altai, Russia) revealed mitochondrial DNA of this species in a 32,000 years old sample. Using alignments to multiple mitochondrial genomes of non-caballine equids, we recovered 100% complete mitochondrial genome of E. ovodovi for the first time. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates close relationship between this individual and the one previously described in Khakassia.

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