Mitochondrial sequence variation in ancient horses from the Carpathian Basin and possible modern relatives

Movements of human populations leave their traces in the genetic makeup of the areas affected; the same applies to the horses that move with their owners This study is concerned with the mitochondrial control region genotypes of 31 archaeological horse remains, excavated from pre-conquest Avar and p...

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Published in:Genetica 2010-02, Vol.138 (2), p.211-218
Main Authors: Priskin, K, Szabó, K, Tömöry, G, Bogácsi-Szabó, E, Csányi, B, Eördögh, R, Downes, C. S, Raskó, I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animals
Archaeology
Base Sequence
Biomedical and Life Sciences
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Europe
Evolutionary Biology
Genetic Variation
Genotypes
Haplotypes
Horses
Horses - classification
Horses - genetics
Human Genetics
Human populations
Life Sciences
Microbial Genetics and Genomics
Phylogeny
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Summary:Movements of human populations leave their traces in the genetic makeup of the areas affected; the same applies to the horses that move with their owners This study is concerned with the mitochondrial control region genotypes of 31 archaeological horse remains, excavated from pre-conquest Avar and post-conquest Hungarian burial sites in the Carpathian Basin dating from the sixth to the tenth century. To investigate relationships to other ancient and recent breeds, modern Hucul and Akhal Teke samples were also collected, and mtDNA control region (CR) sequences from 76 breeds representing 921 individual specimens were combined with our sequence data. Phylogenetic relationships among horse mtDNA CR haplotypes were estimated using both genetic distance and the non-dichotomous network method. Both methods indicated a separation between horses of the Avars and the Hungarians. Our results show that the ethnic changes induced by the Hungarian Conquest were accompanied by a corresponding change in the stables of the Carpathian Basin.
ISSN:0016-6707
1573-6857
DOI:10.1007/s10709-009-9411-x