Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric habitat fragmentation and recent domestic introgression into native wild reindeer

Røed, Knut; Bjørnstad, Gro; Flagstad, Øystein; Haanes, Hallvard; Hufthammer, Anne Karin; Jordhøy, Per; Rosvold, Jørgen

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“…In contrast, the DNA of the present-day Hardangervidda population has mtDNA haplotype clusters that indicate interbreeding with domestic reindeer (Røed et al 2011). An explanation for the smaller body size of the Hardangervidda reindeer population compared to the Dovre area population may be found in the fact that the populations have been separated since the last glaciation (Røed et al 2014), and suggests growth-limiting factors such as lower quality nutrition (primarily during the winter), higher population density or stronger insect harassment. An explanation for the smaller body size of the Hardangervidda reindeer population compared to the Dovre area population may be found in the fact that the populations have been separated since the last glaciation (Røed et al 2014), and suggests growth-limiting factors such as lower quality nutrition (primarily during the winter), higher population density or stronger insect harassment.…”

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“…One would assume that this would not be problematic given the large quantities of Rangifer remains present at the sites in this study. Røed et al (2014) have shown that the reindeer populations in the two areas were separated in the last glaciation. 16.4% as can be seen in Table 1 (Lie 1994) and Hjerkinn (Lie and Fredriksen 2007) were larger than those on Hardangervidda.…”

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“…Based on radiocarbon dates, the hunting stations are found to represent two phases: two locations are 11th century, and the others are dated to the 13th century (cf. Røed et al (2014) analysed ancient reindeer DNA from Hardangervidda and the Dovre area (from the same sites as studied in this study), and found the presence of two, strongly differing, mtDNA lineages in ancient Norway. For the 13th-century sites, a mass hunting strategy is suggested (Indrelid et al 2007;Hufthammer et al 2011;Indrelid and Hufthammer 2011).…”

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Heaps of fascinating fragments: reconstructing a medieval reindeer population based on bone middens from the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, Norway

Beijersbergen

2016

Acta Zoologica

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Takken Beijersbergen, L.M. 2017. Heaps of fascinating fragments: reconstructing a medieval reindeer population based on bone middens from the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, Norway. -Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 98: 340-361.The results of a detailed morphological and pathological study on reindeer bones (Rangifer tarandus) from four medieval hunting stations on Hardangervidda are presented. As intensive marrow collecting left almost no bones intact, traditional sexing methods could only sparsely be applied. Alternative methods had to be explored to successfully assign the fragments to a sex. Employing linear discriminant analysis (LDA) on early-and non-fusing skeletal elements, I have shown that (incomplete) calcanei, metapodia and phalanges I and II can be used successfully to assign a specimen to a sex and should no longer be excluded from osteometric analyses. Differences in the demographic compositions of the taphocoenoses lead to the assumption that hunters in the 11th century AD targeted large reindeer bucks, while at the 13th-century sites, the complete biocoenose is represented, albeit in a different ratio. There seems to have been a shift in hunting technique: from selective hunting to mass hunting. Size wise, the reindeer from Hardangervidda were smaller than reindeer from contemporary assemblages from the Dovre area (central Norway), a population that is genetically different. Few pathologically affected bones were encountered in the material, but some cases of infections, bone lesions and a progressed osteosarcoma are described. Liselotte M. Takken Beijersbergen, The Natural History Collections, University Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 98: 340-361 (October 2017) Takken Beijersbergen Heaps of fascinating fragments 1Not including cranium, vertebrae other than atlas and axis, carpalia, tarsalia other than astragalus and calcaneum, and third phalanges.

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Heaps of fascinating fragments: reconstructing a medieval reindeer population based on bone middens from the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, Norway

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2016

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“…For example: while the estimates for reindeer in Fig. 3 range between 300 000 and 900 000, the current population of reindeer in the Old World is approximately 3,000,000 (Røed et al, 2014), even though the climate during Pleistocene may have been more favorable for this species.…”

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“…Recent estimates indicate that reindeer in today's Norway are descendants of those roaming Palaeolithic Southwestern France (Sommer et al, 2014;Røed et al, 2014). The descendants of the humans who followed their herds during Upper Palaeolithic apparently still survive in the Pyrenees as Basque, while the reindeer in the north are now followed by Sami people whose ancestors came from the east.…”

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Dogs And Mankind: Coevolution on the Move – An Update

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2018

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Merging and comparing three mitochondrial markers for phylogenetic studies of Eurasian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

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2016

Ecology and Evolution

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Phylogenetic analyses provide information that can be useful in the conservation of genetic variation by identifying intraspecific genetic structure. Reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships requires the use of markers with the appropriate amount of variation relative to the timeframe and purpose of the study. Here, genetic structure and clustering are inferred from comparative analyses of three widely used mitochondrial markers, the CR, cytb and the COI region, merged and separately, using Eurasian reindeer as a model. A Bayesian phylogeny and a MJ network, both based on the merged dataset, indicate several distinct maternal haplotype clusters within Eurasian reindeer. In addition to confirm previously described clusters, two new subclusters were found. When comparing the results from the merged dataset with the results from analyses of the three markers separately, similar clustering was found in the CR and COI phylogenies, whereas the cytb region showed poor resolution. Phylogenetic analyses of the merged dataset and the CR revealed congruent results, implying that single sequencing analysis of the CR is an applicable method for studying the haplotype structure in Eurasian reindeer.

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Ancient DNA reveals prehistoric habitat fragmentation and recent domestic introgression into native wild reindeer

Cited by 49 publications

References 58 publications

Heaps of fascinating fragments: reconstructing a medieval reindeer population based on bone middens from the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, Norway

Heaps of fascinating fragments: reconstructing a medieval reindeer population based on bone middens from the Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, Norway

Dogs And Mankind: Coevolution on the Move – An Update

Merging and comparing three mitochondrial markers for phylogenetic studies of Eurasian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

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