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Zexi Cai

Geographical contrasts of Y-chromosomal haplogroups from wild and domestic goats reveal ancient migrations and recent introgressions

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  • Var Goats Consortium, http://www.goatgenome.org/vargoats.html
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  • Isaäc J Nijman, Utrecht University
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  • Benjamin D Rosen, United States Department of Agriculture
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  • Philippe Bardou, INRAE
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  • Thomas Faraut, INRAE
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  • Tristan Cumer, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
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  • Kevin G Daly, Trinity College Dublin
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  • Zhuqing Zheng, College of Animal Science and Technology
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  • Yudong Cai, College of Animal Science and Technology
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  • Hojjat Asadollahpour, College of Animal Science and Technology
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  • Bengi Çınar Kul, Ankara University
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  • Wei-Yi Zhang, Southwest University
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  • E Guangxin, Southwest University
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  • A Ayin, Kobe University
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  • Hayley Baird, AgResearch
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  • Meirat Bakhtin, Astana Medical University
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  • Valentin A Bâlteanu, Inst. of Life SciencesUniv. Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
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  • Diana Barfield, Pleystole
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  • Beate Berger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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  • Thor Blichfeldt, Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders
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  • Geert Boink, Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Sri R A Bugiwati, Universitas Hasanuddin
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  • Sean Carolan, The Old Irish Goat Society, Mulranny, Co Mayo, Ireland.
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  • Emily Clark, University of Edinburgh
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  • Vlatka Cubric-Curik, University of Zagreb
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  • Muhammad I A Dagong, Universitas Hasanuddin
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  • Tashi Dorji, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal
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  • Louise Drew, Finch Hatton
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  • Jiazhong Guo, Sichuan Agricultural University
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  • Jón Hallsson, Agricultural University of Iceland
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  • Simon Horvat, University of Ljubljana
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  • Juha Kantanen, Luke Natural Resources Institute Finland
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  • Fuki Kawaguchi, Kobe University
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  • Polat Kazymbet, Astana Medical University
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  • Negar Khayatzadeh, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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  • Namshin Kim, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
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  • Manoj Kumar Shah, National Animal Nutrition Research Centre, Lalitpur
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  • Yuying Liao, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Livestock Genetic Improvement
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  • Amparo Martínez, Universidad de Cordoba
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  • Joseph S Masangkay, University of the Philippines
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  • Maho Masaoka, Kobe University
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  • Raffaele Mazza, Laboratorio Genetica e Servizi
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  • John McEwan, AgResearch
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  • Marco Milanesi, Tuscia University
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  • Md Omar Faruque, Bangladesh Agricultural University
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  • Yuto Nomura, Kobe University
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  • Nadjet-Amina Ouchene-Khelifi, University of Blida 2
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  • Filipe Pereira, IDENTIFICA Genetic Testing Maia & Centre for Functional Ecology
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  • Goutam Sahana
  • Mazdak Salavati, University of Edinburgh
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  • Shinji Sasazaki, Kobe University
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  • Anne Da Silva, Universite de Limoges
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  • Mojca Simčič, University of Ljubljana
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  • Johann Sölkner, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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  • Alison Sutherland, New Zealand Arapawa Goat Association
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  • Johannes Tigchelaar, Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Hongpin Zhang, Sichuan Agricultural University
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  • Econogene Consortium
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  • Paolo Ajmone-Marsan, Univ. Cattolica del S. Cuore di Piacenza and BioDNA Biodiversity and Ancient DNA Res. Centre
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  • Daniel G Bradley, Trinity College Dublin
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  • Licia Colli, Univ. Cattolica del S. Cuore di Piacenza and BioDNA Biodiversity and Ancient DNA Res. Centre
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  • Cord Drögemüller, University of Bern
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  • Yu Jiang, College of Animal Science and Technology
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  • Chuzhao Lei, College of Animal Science and Technology
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  • Hideyuki Mannen, Kobe University
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  • François Pompanon, Université Savoie Mont Blanc
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  • Gwenola Tosser-Klopp, INRAE
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  • Johannes A Lenstra, Utrecht University

By their paternal transmission, Y-chromosomal haplotypes are sensitive markers of population history and male-mediated introgression. Previous studies identified biallelic single-nucleotide variants in the SRY, ZFY and DDX3Y genes, which in domestic goats identified four major Y-chromosomal haplotypes, Y1A, Y1B, Y2A and Y2B, with a marked geographical partitioning. Here, we extracted goat Y-chromosomal variants from whole-genome sequences of 386 domestic goats (75 breeds) and seven wild goat species, which were generated by the VarGoats goat genome project. Phylogenetic analyses indicated domestic haplogroups corresponding to Y1B, Y2A and Y2B, respectively, whereas Y1A is split into Y1AA and Y1AB. All five haplogroups were detected in 26 ancient DNA samples from southeast Europe or Asia. Haplotypes from present-day bezoars are not shared with domestic goats and are attached to deep nodes of the trees and networks. Haplogroup distributions for 186 domestic breeds indicate ancient paternal population bottlenecks and expansions during migrations into northern Europe, eastern and southern Asia, and Africa south of the Sahara. In addition, sharing of haplogroups indicates male-mediated introgressions, most notably an early gene flow from Asian goats into Madagascar and the crossbreeding that in the 19th century resulted in the popular Boer and Anglo-Nubian breeds. More recent introgressions are those from European goats into the native Korean goat population and from Boer goat into Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. This study illustrates the power of the Y-chromosomal variants for reconstructing the history of domestic species with a wide geographical range.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMolecular Ecology
Volume31
Issue16
Pages (from-to)4364-4380
Number of pages17
ISSN0962-1083
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

    Research areas

  • Y-chromosome, domestication, goat, haplogroup, introgression, migration, phylogeography, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, NETWORKS, MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA, FLOW, GENETIC DIVERSITY, ORIGINS, DIFFERENTIATION, BREEDS, DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics, Goats/genetics, Phylogeny, Haplotypes/genetics, Genetic Variation, Animals, Y Chromosome/genetics

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