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ArticleBMC ecology and evolution2023

Ancient mitogenomes reveal a high maternal genetic diversity of Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros in Northern China.

Junxia Yuan, Guojiang Sun, Bo Xiao, Jiaming Hu, Linying Wang, Taogetongqimuge, Lei Bao, Yamei Hou, Shiwen Song, Shan Jiang and 6 more

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Junxia YuanState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China. yuanjx@cug.edu.cn.
Guojiang SunState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Bo XiaoState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Jiaming HuState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Linying WangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
TaogetongqimugeWushen Banner Museum, Ordos, 017399, China.
Lei BaoOrdos Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Ordos, 017010, China.
Yamei HouKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China.
Shiwen SongState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Shan JiangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Yong WuThe Third Geological and Mineral Exploration Institute of Gansu Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Lanzhou, 730050, China.
Dong PanPalaeontological Fossil Conservation Center, Qinggang County, Suihua, 151600, China.
Yang LiuSchool of Sociology & Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
Michael V WestburyGlobe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1353, Denmark.
Xulong LaiState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China.
Guilian ShengState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430078, China. glsheng@cug.edu.cn.

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 42172027
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Abstract

backgroundWoolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is a typical indicator of cold-stage climate that was widely distributed in Northern Hemisphere during the Middle-Late Pleistocene. Although a plethora of fossils have been excavated from Northern China, their phylogenetic status, intraspecific diversity and phylogeographical structure are still vague.

resultsIn the present study, we generated four mitogenomes from Late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros in Northern China and compared them with published data. Bayesian and network analyses indicate that the analyzed individuals contain at least four maternal haplogroups, and Chinese samples fall in three of them. One of our samples belongs to a previously unidentified early diverging clade (haplogroup D), which separated from other woolly rhinoceros around 0.57 Ma (95% CI: 0.76-0.41 Ma). The timing of this clade's origin coincides with the first occurrence of woolly rhinoceros, which are thought to have evolved in Europe. Our other three samples cluster in haplogroup C, previously only identified from one specimen from Wrangel Island (ND030) and initially considered to be an isolated clade. Herein, our findings suggest that ND030 is likely descended from a northward dispersal of the individuals carrying haplogroup C from Northern China. Additionally, Chinese woolly rhinoceros specimens exhibit higher nucleotide diversity than those from Siberia.

conclusionOur findings highlight Northern China as a possible refugium and a key evolution center of the Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros.

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Genome, MitochondrialAnimalsBayes TheoremGenetic VariationHumansPerissodactylaPhylogenyDispersalMaternal diversityNorthern ChinaPleistoceneWoolly rhinoceros

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