Coat colour adaptation of post-glacial horses to increasing forest vegetation

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作者
Sandoval-Castellanos, Edson [1 ]
Wutke, Saskia [2 ]
Gonzalez-Salazar, Constantino [1 ,3 ]
Ludwig, Arne [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Ciencias Complejidad, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, DF, Mexico
[2] Leibniz Inst Zoo & Wildlife Res, Dept Evolutionary Genet, D-10315 Berlin, Germany
[3] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Lerma, Dept Ciencias Ambientales, Lerma 52005, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
来源
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION | 2017年 / 1卷 / 12期
关键词
DOMESTIC HORSE; POPULATION; CLIMATE; EUROPE;
D O I
10.1038/s41559-017-0358-5
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Wild horses unexpectedly survived terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions until eventual European extirpation in the twentieth century. This survival is tied to either their occurrence in cryptic open habitats or their adaptation to forests. Our niche modelling inferred an increasing presence of horses in post-glacial forests, and our analysis of ancient DNA suggested significant selection for black phenotypes as indicating adaptation to forests.
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页码:1816 / 1819
页数:4
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