The first complete genome of the extinct European wild ass (Equus hemionus hydruntinus)
Mustafa Özkan, Kanat Gürün, Eren Yüncü, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Gözde Atağ, Ali Akbaba, Fatma Rabia Fidan, Ekin Sağlıcan, N. Ezgi Altınışık, Dilek Koptekin, Kamilla Pawłowska, Ian Hodder, Sarah E. Adcock, Benjamin S. Arbuckle, Sharon R. Steadman, , Mehmet Somel
The paper presents paleogenomes of three Anatolian equids from the 1st millennium BCE, identifying them as the extinct European wild ass, E. hydruntinus, and revealing genetic relationships and diversity loss.
Molecular Ecology · Jul 1, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics