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Whole genome sequencing of ancient DNA clarifies the phylogeography of cave hyenas in Northern Eurasia.

Authors:
Egor Botsmanov, Biotech Campus LLC
Aleksandra Ivanova, Biotech Campus LLC
Andrey Kritsky, Biotech Campus LLC
Anastasia Pavlova, Biotech Campus LLC
Nikita Prokopev, Biotech Campus LLC
Tatiana Tsedilina, Biotech Campus LLC
Dmitriy Gimranov, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Daniyar Khantemirov, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Dmitriy Malikov, V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Evgeniy Klimuk, Biotech Campus LLC
Konstantin Severinov, Biotech Campus LLC

Abstract ID: 423

Event: BGRS-abstracts

Sections: [Sym 5] Section “Population and evolutionary genetics/genomics of wild and domestic animals”

Cave hyenas, which inhabited large areas of the Eurasian continent until the late Pleistocene, are often divided into two species, European (Crocuta spelaea) and Asian (Crocuta ultima), due to significant genetic and morphological differences. The relationship between these species remains controversial and not fully understood. In particular, sufficient genetic data are lacking for populations that inhabited the central part of Northern Eurasia. In this work, the whole genomes of two animals found in the Ineyskaya cave (Republic of Khakassia) were investigated. Our results show wide distribution of C. ultima species in the center of Northern Eurasia during the Late Pleistocene. Moreover, we find discordance between nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenies, which may indicate closer contacts between C. ultima and C. spelaea, as well as a possibility of prolonged existence of hybrid forms in the contact zone of their ranges.