The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication

Published:2007-07-27 Issue:5837 Volume:317 Page:519-523
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
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Author:

Driscoll Carlos A.¹²³⁴⁵,Menotti-Raymond Marilyn¹²³⁴⁵,Roca Alfred L.¹²³⁴⁵,Hupe Karsten¹²³⁴⁵,Johnson Warren E.¹²³⁴⁵,Geffen Eli¹²³⁴⁵,Harley Eric H.¹²³⁴⁵,Delibes Miguel¹²³⁴⁵,Pontier Dominique¹²³⁴⁵,Kitchener Andrew C.¹²³⁴⁵,Yamaguchi Nobuyuki¹²³⁴⁵,O'Brien Stephen J.¹²³⁴⁵,Macdonald David W.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.

2. Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.

3. Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.

4. Jagd Einrichtungs Büro, Am Sahlbach 9a, 37170 Fürstenhagen, Germany.

5. Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.

Abstract

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.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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