Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena
Michael V. Westbury, Stefanie Hartmann, Axel Barlow, Michaela Preick, Bogdan Ridush, Doris Nagel, Thomas Rathgeber, Reinhard Ziegler, Gennady Baryshnikov, Guilian Sheng, Arne Ludwig, Ingrid Wiesel, Love Dalén, Faysal Bibi, Lars Werdelin, Rasmus Heller, Michael Hofreiter
Abstract
after the lineages split, which may have complicated prior taxonomic classifications. Last, we find a number of introgressed loci that attained high frequencies within the recipient lineage, suggesting some level of adaptive advantage from admixture.
Topics & Concepts
HyenaExtant taxonCaveEvolutionary biologyGene flowBiologyGeographyPaleontologyEcologyGeneGeneticsGenetic variationSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomyGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesEvolution and Paleontology Studies