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Whole genome sequencing of ancient DNA clarifies the phylogeography of cave hyenas in Northern Eurasia.
by Egor Botsmanov | Aleksandra Ivanova | Andrey Kritsky | Anastasia Pavlova | Nikita Prokopev | Tatiana Tsedilina | Dmitriy Gimranov | Daniyar Khantemirov | Dmitriy Malikov | Evgeniy Klimuk | Konstantin Severinov | Biotech Campus LLC | Biotech Campus LLC | Biotech Campus LLC | Biotech Campus LLC | Biotech Campus LLC | Biotech Campus LLC | Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia | V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia | Biotech Campus LLC | 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.