Dual origins of dairy cattle farming - evidence from a comprehensive survey of European Y-chromosomal variation
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Dual O igins o Dai y Ca le Fa ming – E idence om a
Comp ehensi e Su ey o Eu opean Y-Ch omosomal
Va ia ion
Cei idwen J. Edwa ds
1,2
, Ca a ina Ginja
3,4
, Juha Kan anen
5
,Lucı
´aPe
´ ez-Pa dal
6
, Anne T esse
7
, F auke
S ock
1
, Eu opean Ca le Gene ic Di e si y Conso ium
"
, Luis T. Gama
4
, M. Cecilia T. Penedo
3
, Daniel G.
B adley
1
, Johannes A. Lens a
8
*, Isaa
¨c J. Nijman
8¤
1Smu i Ins i u e o Gene ics, T ini y College Dublin, Dublin, I eland, 2Resea ch Labo a o y o A chaeology, Uni e si y o Ox o d, Ox o d, Uni ed Kingdom, 3Ve e ina y
Gene ics Labo a o y, Uni e si y o Cali o nia Da is, Da is, Cali o nia, Uni ed S a es o Ame ica, 4Depa amen o de Gene
´ ica, Melho amen o Animal e Rep oduc¸a
˜o, Ins i u o
Nacional dos Recu sos Biolo
´gicos, Fon e Boa, Vale de San a e
´m, Po ugal, 5Bio echnology and Food Resea ch, MTT Ag i ood Resea ch Finland, Jokioinen, Finland, 6A ea
de Gene
´ ica y Rep oduccio
´n Animal, SERIDA, Gijo
´n, Spain, 7A che
´ozoologie, A che
´obo anique, Socie
´ e
´s, P a iques e En i onnemen s, CNRS Muse
´um Na ional d’His oi e
Na u elle, Pa is, F ance, 8Facul y o Ve e ina y Medicine, U ech Uni e si y, U ech , The Ne he lands
Abs ac
Backg ound:
Di e si y pa e ns o li es ock species a e in o ma i e o he his o y o ag icul u e and indica e uniqueness o
b eeds as ele an o conse a ion. So a , mos s udies on ca le ha e ocused on mi ochond ial and au osomal DNA
a ia ion. P e ious s udies o Y-ch omosomal a ia ion, wi h limi ed b eed panels, iden i ied wo Bos au us ( au ine)
haplog oups (Y1 and Y2; bo h composed o se e al haplo ypes) and one Bos indicus (indicine/zebu) haplog oup (Y3), as well
as a s ong phylogeog aphic s uc u ing o pa e nal lineages.
Me hodology and P incipal Findings:
Haplog oup da a we e collec ed o 2087 animals om 138 b eeds. Fo 111 b eeds,
hese we e esol ed u he by geno yping mic osa elli es INRA189 (10 alleles) and BM861 (2 alleles). Eu opean ca le ca y
exclusi ely au ine haplo ypes, wi h he zebu Y-ch omosomes ha ing app eciable equencies in Sou hwes Asian
popula ions. Y1 is p edominan in no he n and no h-wes e n Eu ope, bu is also obse ed in se e al Ibe ian b eeds, as well
as in Sou hwes Asia. A single Y1 haplo ype is p edominan in no h-cen al Eu ope and a single Y2 haplo ype in cen al
Eu ope. In con as , we ound bo h Y1 and Y2 haplo ypes in B i ain, he No dic egion and Russia, wi h he highes Y-
ch omosomal di e si y seen in he Ibe ian Peninsula.
Conclusions:
We p opose ha he homogeneous Y1 and Y2 egions e lec ounde e ec s associa ed wi h he
de elopmen and expansion o wo g oups o dai y ca le, he pied o ed b eeds om he No h Sea and Bal ic coas s and
he spo ed, yellow o b own b eeds om Swi ze land, espec i ely. The p esen Y1-Y2 con as in cen al Eu ope coincides
wi h his o ic, linguis ic, eligious and cul u al bounda ies.
Ci a ion: Edwa ds CJ, Ginja C, Kan anen J, Pe
´ ez-Pa dal L, T esse A, e al. (2011) Dual O igins o Dai y Ca le Fa ming – E idence om a Comp ehensi e Su ey o
Eu opean Y-Ch omosomal Va ia ion. PLoS ONE 6(1): e15922. doi:10.1371/jou nal.pone.0015922
Edi o : Toomas Ki isild, Uni e si y o Camb idge, Uni ed Kingdom
Recei ed Oc obe 12, 2010; Accep ed No embe 29, 2010; Published Janua y 6, 2011
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Funding: CJE was suppo ed by he En e p ise I eland Basic Resea ch G an s P og amme (p ojec numbe s SC/1999/409 and SC/2002/510). CG was suppo ed by
a g an om Fundac¸a
˜o Po uguesa pa a a Cie
ˆncia e a Tecnologia (Re . SFRH/BD/13502/2003). JK was suppo ed by he Academy o Finland and he Finnish
Minis y o Ag icul u e and Fo es y (SUNARE-p og am and ‘Russia in Flux’ p og am). LP-P was suppo ed by g an BES-2006-13545. Collec ion o se e al samples
was suppo ed by he Resgen p ojec 98–118 (1999–2002) unded by he Eu opean Union. This wo k was also pa - unded by The Wellcome T us (g an
no. 047485/Z/96/Z), and a Eu oco es OMLL P og amme G an ia CNRS, F ance. The unde s had no ole in s udy design, da a collec ion and analysis, decision o
publish, o p epa a ion o he manusc ip .
Compe ing In e es s: The au ho s ha e decla ed ha no compe ing in e es s exis .
* E-mail: [email p o ec ed]
¤ Cu en add ess: Genome Biology and Bioin o ma ics G oup, Hub ech Ins i u e, U ech , The Ne he lands
"Fo he ull lis o au ho s o his conso ium, please see he Acknowledgmen s sec ion.
In oduc ion
The his o y o human ci ilisa ions has le i s oo p in in he
pa e ns o gene ic a ia ion o li es ock species ac oss and wi hin
con inen s [1,2,3,4]. Molecula ma ke s, such as mi ochond ial DNA
(m DNA) and au osomal polymo phisms, ha e been pa icula ly
use ul in in es iga ing he wild species o igin o ca le and he
subsequen gene ic e en s ha shaped he p esen pa e n o gene ic
di e si y. Wi h ega ds o ca le in Eu ope, e idence indica es ha : (i)
Balkan ca le ac as ese oi o high gene ic di e si y [5]; (ii) he e is a
ma ked con as be ween no h and sou h Eu ope [6,7,8]; and (iii)
cen al Eu opean b eeds occupy a sepa a e posi ion ela i e o
Medi e anean and no he n Eu opean ca le [9].
Al hough he Fe ile C escen is conside ed he p ima y cen e o
au ine ca le domes ica ion, e idence o independen domes ica-
ion e en s in o he locals is cu en ly deba ed [10,11,12,
13,14,15]. Ances al au ine m DNA lineages ha e been iden i ied,
and con i med di e ences seen be ween no he n and sou he n
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Eu opean popula ions o wild ca le (au ochs): he B. p imigenius
haplog oup P was equen in no he n and cen al Eu ope [16],
while dis inc pu a i e au och ma ilines (haplog oups Q and R)
we e ound in mode n sou he n Eu opean popula ions and i
appea s ha hese we e spo adically in oduced in o domes ic b eeds
[11,12]. M DNA sequences also e eal ha indicine ca le o igina ed
om a di e en wild au ochs popula ion, Bos p imigenius namadicus,in
he Indus Valley app oxima ely 8,000 yea s be o e p esen [17,18].
Di e en ia ion o pa e nal lineages ia analysis o Y-ch omo-
somal a ia ion adds signi ican ly o wha can be in e ed om
m DNA and au osomal a ia ion [19]. The absence o in e ch o-
mosomal ecombina ion ou side he pseudoau osomal egion
(PAR) p ese es o iginal a angemen s o mu a ional e en s, and
hus male lineages can be aced bo h wi hin and among
popula ions. Gene ic d i is ela i ely s ong due o he e ec i e
popula ion sizes o Y-ch omosomes being, a mos , 25% o he
au osomal e ec i e popula ion size [20]. E ec i e popula ion size
is o en educed u he by he ela i ely high a iabili y o male
ep oduc i e success. As a esul , he Y-ch omosome is a sensi i e
indica o o ecen demog aphic e en s, such as popula ion
bo lenecks, ounde e ec s and popula ion expansions.
In se e al he d species, males a e mo e mobile han emales and
compe e o ep oduc ion o , in he case o li es ock, a e selec ed
on he basis o b eeding objec i es. So while m DNA a ian s s ay
mos ly wi hin he he d, Y-ch omosomal a ian s may e lec he
o igin o si es as in luenced by in og ession and upg ading.
Indeed, in domes ic ca le, a ma ked di e ence be ween he
dis ibu ions o mi ochond ial and Y-ch omosomal componen s
has been obse ed [16,21,22,23,24]. In an ini ial su ey o
Eu opean b eeds, wo haplog oups, Y1 and Y2, we e ound o
be dominan in no he n and sou he n Eu ope espec i ely [25].
Compa ison o ca le Y-ch omosome a ia ion o e ime sugges s
ha he equency and dis ibu ion o hese pa ilines a ied,
which could be ela ed wi h dis inc b eeding s a egies [26]. In
Eu opean au ochs, Y2 appea s o be p edominan [27], bu so a
i is unclea i he e was signi ican in og ession om wild bulls
in o domes ic popula ions.
In he s udy o human male lineages, he use o Y-speci ic
mic osa elli es has allowed o e ined analyses o he gene ic
di e si y o pa e nal lineages ha can be ound wi hin majo
haplog oups [28,29]. Simila ly, in ca le, mic osa elli e analysis has
iden i ied se e al Y-haplo ypes in Po uguese [30], no he n and
eas e n Eu opean [31], wes e n-con inen al, B i ish and Sub-
Saha an A ica [14] b eeds, as well as in Ame ican C eole [22]
b eeds. E en hough di e en se s o ma ke s we e used in hese
s udies, and each only pa ially co e ed he di e si y pa e n o he
pa e nal lineages, hey ha e con i med ha Y-ma ke s exhibi a
s ong phylogeog aphic s uc u e in ca le.
He e we epo Y-haplo ype da a on 128 Eu opean, one A ican
and nine Asian b eeds, inco po a ing also da a om he p e ious
epo s. This comp ehensi e s udy con i ms a clea no h-sou h
con as ha is accen ua ed by a homogenei y o Y1 haplo ypes in
no h-cen al Eu ope and o Y2 haplo ypes in and a ound he
Alpine egion, bo h egions ha a e hough o be he o igin o
highly p oduc i e ca le b eeds. This gene ic bounda y co ela es
wi h his o ic di e ences be ween no he n and sou he n Eu opean
cul u es and we conside ha his may ha e implica ions o he
in es iga ion o dai y QTL a ia ion.
Resul s
Ca le haplog oups de ined by Y-SNPs
Fo 238 males om 30 b eeds, Y-ch omosomal agmen s
comp ising he ZFY (1,219 bp and 1,003 bp), SRY (2,644 bp) and
DBY (also known as DDX3Y; 406 bp) genes we e sequenced [32].
These sequences con ained i e mu a ional di e ences when
compa ed o he zebu Y3 sequences [30], and all Eu opean animals
ca ied ei he he Y1 o Y2 au ine haplog oups. In e es ingly,
compa ison o he Y3 sequence wi h an SRY sequence om an
Indian Sahiwal zebu (GenBank accession numbe AY079145) [33]
e ealed h ee addi ional di e ences downs eam o he open-
eading ame, indica ing zebu-speci ic Y-ch omosomal SNPs. In
combina ion wi h a SNP in UYT19 [14,22,25,31], h ee coseg ega -
ing mu a ions di e en ia e he au ine Y1 and Y2 haplog oups
(Table S1). A composi e mic osa elli e in DBY [25], wi h one majo
allele in bo h Y1 and Y2 and only p esen in he I alian
Ma emmana, was no used o di e en ia ion o haplo ypes.
Geno ypes o indi idual SNPs in o he animals we e combined
wi h Y1-Y2 SNP da a and esul ed in Y1 o Y2 assignmen s o
2087 animals om 138 b eeds (Table S1). The esul ing da ase
included p e iously published geno ypic in o ma ion o 1099
indi iduals om 78 b eeds [14,22,31]. The Y3 haplog oup was
iden i ied on he basis o mic osa elli e in o ma ion as desc ibed in
he nex sec ion. The map o Figu e 1 shows he geog aphical
dis ibu ion o Y-haplog oups. The h ee haplog oups desc ibed in
ca le (Y1, Y2 and Y3) we e de ec ed in Sou hwes Asia, bu only
Y3 was p esen in he wo Indian b eeds analysed, which is in
ag eemen wi h hei zebu mo phology. Y1 was p edominan in
no he n Eu ope and in a numbe o Ibe ian b eeds. In con as ,
Y2 was dominan in mos cen al, Medi e anean and Ibe ian
b eeds, bu was also ound in se e al B i ish and No dic b eeds.
Al hough only a single A ican b eed was included in his s udy,
bo h Y1 and Y2 haplog oups we e p esen .
Se e al o he b eeds ha do no con i m his no he n Y1 –
sou he n Y2 dis ibu ion pa e n appea o ha e been subjec o
ecen in og ession om b eeds wi h simila coa colou [34], bu
ca ying he o he Y-ch omosomal haplog oup. Thus, Y2 was
in oduced in Du ch Bel ed (DUB) by c ossb eeding wi h bel ed
Galloway bulls. Danish Red bulls p obably in oduced Y1 in o he
Sicilian Modicana (MOD). The p esence o Y1 in cen al dai y
b eeds, such as Simmen al (SIM), Pezza a Rossa I aliana (PRI) and
Hinde wald (HIW), is p obably explained by c ossb eeding wi h
Red Hols ein si es. Likewise, c ossb eeding wi h Lowland Pied o
English ca le p obably accoun s o he p edominance o Y1 in
Russian dai y ca le [35]. Y-ch omosomes ac as a single
haplog oup and a e, in gene al, homogeneous a he Y-
ch omosome a ia ion le el. In mos cases, he p esence o Y1
and Y2 haplo ypes in a gi en b eed can be explained by i s ecen
his o y [14].
Ca le haplo ypes de ec ed h ough SNPs and
mic osa elli es
The di e si y wi hin each haplog oup was u he assessed by
geno yping INRA189 [36] and BM861 [37] Y-speci ic mic osa -
elli e ma ke s. The combina ion o hese da a wi h p e iously
published Y-ch omosomal haplo ypes [14,22,31] yielded haplo-
ypes o a o al o 1472 animals om 111 b eeds, a subse o he
indi iduals o which SNP in o ma ion was a ailable. Haplo ype
composi ion and absolu e equencies, as well as unbiased
es ima es o haplo ype di e si ies wi h he associa ed s anda d
de ia ions (SD) a e shown o each b eed and geog aphic g oup in
Table 1. We ound a o al o 19 composi e Y-haplo ypes. The
ela ionship be ween cu en haplo ype nomencla u es is summa-
ised in Table S2. Locus INRA189 is he mos in o ma i e ma ke
wi h 10 alleles, di e en ia ed among i e Y1 and nine Y2
haplo ypes. Fo 21 bulls belonging o he Indian and Sou hwes
Asian b eed g oups, haplog oup Y3 was iden i ied ia he
INRA189-88 bp allele. Mic osa elli e ma ke BM861 de ines one
Y-Haplo ype Dis ibu ion in Eu opean Ca le
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addi ional Y1 and h ee Y2 addi ional haplo ypes. Haplo ype Y1-
98-158 is he mos equen wi hin he Y1 haplog oup and is
de ec ed in 82% o he animals om his haplog oup ac oss all
geog aphic b eed g oups wi h he excep ion o he Indian and
Podolian. Wi hin he Y2 haplog oup, Y2-102-158 and Y2-104-
158 haplo ypes accoun o 62% and 29% o he animals
espec i ely. A map showing he dis ibu ion o Y-haplo ypes is
included in Figu e S1.
Y-ch omosomal di e si y wi hin b eeds is low (mean o
0.4260.3) wi h ixed haplo ypes in 65 ou o 111 b eeds
(app oxima ely 59%). In e es ingly, he Sou hwes Asian b eed
g oup is he mos gene ically di e se, wi h a o al o se en
haplo ypes de ec ed in a limi ed sample o 24 animals, and an
unbiased expec ed haplo ype di e si y o 0.5760.4 (Table 2). The
Ibe ian and B i ish g oups ha e in e media e a iabili y, wi h 11
and i e haplo ypes obse ed and di e si ies o 0.3460.2 and
0.4160.3 espec i ely.
Phylogeog aphy o Y-haplo ypes
The phylogene ic ela ionship among Y-haplo ypes was in es-
iga ed a e g ouping he b eeds in o 12 egions on he basis o
geog aphy and/o pheno ype [34,38]. These b eed g oups a e in
ag eemen wi h majo clus e s as de ined by au osomal mic osa -
elli e (unpublished esul s; see also Figu e S2) and SNP da a [7].
Haplo ype ela ionships a e depic ed in Figu e 2 by a median-
joining (MJ) ne wo k ob ained o he comple e da ase , as well as
by egional MJ ne wo ks de ined o each o he 12 geog aphic
b eed g oups. The MJ ne wo ks clea ly di e en ia e he indicine
Y3 pa iline om he au ine Y1 and Y2 haplog oups. The
egional ne wo ks depic he Y-ch omosome di e si y ound in
each egion and he ela ionship among he obse ed haplo ypes
de ined by he wo mic osa elli es.
AMOVA esul s a e p esen ed in Table S3 and show a
signi ican (P,0.0001) e ec o geog aphical b eed g ouping,
which accoun ed o 31% o he o al a iabili y. App oxima ely
51% (P,0.0001) o he Y-ch omosome gene ic a ia ion was
ound among b eeds wi hin g oups and 18% (P,0.0001) wi hin
b eeds. This was con i med by he gene ally high Y-ch omosomal
FST alues (Table S4) o all pai wise b eed clus e s, which we e
low mainly o he compa ison o he dai y no h-wes e n
Eu opean b eed clus e s.
In Figu e S2, Y-ch omosomal haplo ypes ha e been indica ed
in a Neighbo Ne phylogene ic ne wo k o Reynolds’ dis ances
based on 30 au osomal mic osa elli e da a. This shows a clea
consis ency be ween Y-ch omosomal a ia ion and he b eed
ela ionships in he au osomal-based phylogeny, wi h only he
B i ish Y2 and Ibe ian Y1 ca le as majo excep ions [as in 14,15].
Discussion
Di e en ia ion o pa e nal lineages in Eu opean ca le
We analysed Y-ch omosomal haplo ypes in a comp ehensi e
sampling o Eu opean ca le. This allowed a di e en ia ion o wo
SNP-based au ine haplog oups, which we e esol ed in o 18
haplo ypes using geno ypes om wo mic osa elli e ma ke s. Locus
INRA189 appea ed o be, by a , he mos in o ma i e and, in
combina ion wi h he o he ma ke and SNPs, showed ha
pa e nal lineages s ongly depend on geog aphic o igin. A u he
di e en ia ion was demons a ed by using o he mic osa elli es
[14,22,31]. Fo ins ance, BYM1 alleles de ined a Y1-98-158
a ian in No dic ca le and a Y2-102-158 a ian in Spain [14],
while DYZ1 de ec ed a di e en Y2-102-158 a ian in Sou hwes
Asian b eeds [31].
Dis ibu ion o zebu and au ine haplo ypes
P e ious gene ic s udies ha e demons a ed a sepa a ion o he
mi ochond ial [39,40,41], Y-ch omosomal [25,42,43] and nuclea
[21] DNA om au ine and zebu ca le, which suppo s
independen domes ica ions in he Fe ile C escen and Indus
alley espec i ely [44]. In a di e se panel o 2009 Eu opean
ca le, we exclusi ely ound au ine Y-ch omosomal haplo ypes.
Figu e 1. Geog aphical dis ibu ion o Y-haplog oups. (a) Eu ope, and (b) Eu asia. G een = Y1; ed = Y2; black = Y3. Abb e ia ions o b eed
names a e gi en in Table 1.
doi:10.1371/jou nal.pone.0015922.g001
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Table 1. B eed in o ma ion, including geog aphical g ouping, o he 111 ca le b eeds sampled as pa o his s udy, and associa ed haplo ypic da a (de ined as SNP-INRA189-
BM861) and di e si y alues.
Geog aphic
g ouping B eed Code
Coun y
o
o igin
Numbe
o
Y-ch omo-
somes Haplo ype
haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
o al
numbe
o
haplo ypes
Y1-94-158
Y1-96-158
Y1-98-158
Y1-98-160
Y1-100-158
Y1-102-158
Y2-80-158
Y2-90-158
Y2-94-158
Y2-96-158
Y2-98-158
Y2-98-160
Y2-100-158
Y2-102-158
Y2-102-160
Y2-104-158
Y2-104-160
Y2-106-158
Y3-88-156
India
(IND)
Nello e NEL B azil 12 12 0.00060.000 1
Ongole ONG India 4 4 0.00060.000 1
To al 16 16 0.000±0.000 1
A ica
(AFR)
N’Dama NDM Guinea 12 2 9 1 0.24760.184 3
To al 12 2 9 1 0.247±0.184 3
Sou hwes
Asia
(SWA)
Ana olian Black ANT Tu key 5 1 1 2 1 0.30060.424 4
Damascus DAM Sy ia 3 1 1 1 0.55660.416 3
Eas Ana olian
Red
EAR Tu key 4 1 2 1 0.27860.393 3
Middle I aqi IQM I aq 4 3 1 0.50060.000 2
No h I aqi IQN I aq 1 1 n/a 1
Sou h I aqi IQS I aq 3 3 0.00060.000 1
Sou h
Ana olian Red
SAR Tu key 4 2 2 0.22260.314 2
To al 24 4 1 1 1 7 5 5 0.574±0.192 7
Podolian
(POD)
Chianina CHI I aly 20 20 0.00060.000 1
Is ian IST C oa ia 4 4 0.00060.000 1
Ma chigiana MCG I aly 11 11 0.00060.000 1
Ma emmana MMA I aly 19 19 0.00060.000 1
Podolica PODi I aly 13 9 4 0.15460.218 2
Se bian Podolica PODs Se bia 4 4 0.00060.000 1
Tu kish G ey TGY Tu key 3 3 0.00060.000 1
Uk ainian G ey UGY Uk aine 5 5 0.00060.000 1
Y-Haplo ype Dis ibu ion in Eu opean Ca le
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Geog aphic
g ouping B eed Code
Coun y
o
o igin
Numbe
o
Y-ch omo-
somes Haplo ype
haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
o al
numbe
o
haplo ypes
Y1-94-158
Y1-96-158
Y1-98-158
Y1-98-160
Y1-100-158
Y1-102-158
Y2-80-158
Y2-90-158
Y2-94-158
Y2-96-158
Y2-98-158
Y2-98-160
Y2-100-158
Y2-102-158
Y2-102-160
Y2-104-158
Y2-104-160
Y2-106-158
Y3-88-156
To al 79 5 28 43 3 0.193±0.273 4
Ibe ian
(IBE)
Alen ejana ALN Po ugal 34 34 0.00060.000 1
Alis ana-
Sanab esa
ALS Spain 12 12 0.00060.000 1
A ouquesa ARQ Po ugal 33 25 8 0.12660.179 2
As u iana de
los Valles
ASV Spain 38 26 6 6 0.25660.202 3
As u iana de
Mon ana
ASM Spain 19 18 1 0.07060.050 2
A ilena Neg o
Ibe ica
AVI Spain 7 1 1 5 0.27060.214 3
Ba osa
˜BAR Po ugal 33 4 29 0.07360.104 2
Be enda BER Spain 5 3 2 0.20060.283 2
Be izu BEB Spain 17 17 0.00060.000 1
B a a de Lide BRV Po ugal 26 2 23 1 0.12260.091 3
Cachena CCH Po ugal 25 1 24 0.02760.038 2
Ga onesa GAR Po ugal 6 6 0.00060.000 1
Lidia LID Spain 66 1 1 64 0.02060.028 3
Mallo quina MAL Spain 8 8 0.00060.000 1
Ma inhoa MAH Po ugal 17 17 0.00060.000 1
Ma onesa MAR Po ugal 23 23 0.00060.000 1
Me olenga MRT Po ugal 21 7 1 1 2 10 0.37860.273 5
Minho a MIN Po ugal 28 28 0.00060.000 1
Mi andesa MIR Po ugal 23 23 0.00060.000 1
Mo ucha MOR Spain 5 5 0.00060.000 1
Mos enca MOS Spain 21 21 0.00060.000 1
Pajuna PAJ Spain 4 1 2 1 0.44460.342 3
P e a PRT Po ugal 29 1 1 5 22 0.15860.178 4
Re in a RET Spain 6 4 2 0.17860.251 2
Rubia Gallega RGA Spain 44 44 0.00060.000 1
Sayaguesa SAY Spain 8 1 5 2 0.20260.286 3
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Coun y
o
o igin
Numbe
o
Y-ch omo-
somes Haplo ype
haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
o al
numbe
o
haplo ypes
Y1-94-158
Y1-96-158
Y1-98-158
Y1-98-160
Y1-100-158
Y1-102-158
Y2-80-158
Y2-90-158
Y2-94-158
Y2-96-158
Y2-98-158
Y2-98-160
Y2-100-158
Y2-102-158
Y2-102-160
Y2-104-158
Y2-104-160
Y2-106-158
Y3-88-156
Tudanca TUD Spain 10 10 0.00060.000 1
To al 568 44 57 1 1 1 1 1 277 17 140 28 0.335±0.244 11
Cen al
(CEN)
Blonde
d’Aqui aine
BDA F ance 5 3 2 0.20060.283 2
B una de los
Pi ineds
BPI Spain 11 11 0.00060.000 1
Busha BUS Se bia 5 5 0.00060.000 1
Cabannina CAB I aly 2 1 1 0.33360.471 2
Cha olais CHA F ance 31 30 1 0.02260.030 2
Limousin LIM F ance 24 24 0.00060.000 1
Mon belia d MBE F ance 6 6 0.00060.000 1
Pa henaise PAR F ance 15 4 11 0.27960.198 2
Piemon ese PIM I aly 13 2 11 0.09460.133 2
Pinzgau PGZ Aus ia 9 9 0.00060.000 1
Pi enaica PIR Spain 10 8 2 0.11960.168 2
Pus e ale PUS I aly 13 13 0.00060.000 1
Sale s SAL F ance 20 1 19 0.06760.047 2
Simmen al SIM Swi ze -
land
15 15 0.00060.000 1
Swiss B own SWB Swi ze -
land
14 14 0.00060.000 1
Ta en aise TAR F ance 18 18 0.00060.000 1
Ty olean G ey TYG I aly 19 2 17 0.06660.094 2
To al 230 5 4 215 1 5 0.056±0.045 5
B i ish
(BRT)
Abe deen Angus ABA Sco land 27 20 7 0.13360.188 2
Ay shi e AYR Sco land 16 16 0.00060.000 1
B i ish Whi e BWH England 21 16 1 1 3 0.25260.111 4
Dex e DEX I eland 4 4 0.00060.000 1
Galloway GAL Sco land 9 9 0.00060.000 1
He e o d HER England 21 20 1 0.06360.045 2
Highland HIG Sco land 10 10 0.00060.000 1
Je sey JER Je sey 19 19 0.00060.000 1
To al 127 56 8 20 21 22 0.413±0.226 5
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Coun y
o
o igin
Numbe
o
Y-ch omo-
somes Haplo ype
haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
o al
numbe
o
haplo ypes
Y1-94-158
Y1-96-158
Y1-98-158
Y1-98-160
Y1-100-158
Y1-102-158
Y2-80-158
Y2-90-158
Y2-94-158
Y2-96-158
Y2-98-158
Y2-98-160
Y2-100-158
Y2-102-158
Y2-102-160
Y2-104-158
Y2-104-160
Y2-106-158
Y3-88-156
No dic
(NOR)
Blacksided
T oende
STN No way 7 7 0.00060.000 1
Doela DOL No way 4 4 0.00060.000 1
Eas e n
Finnca le
EFC Finland 9 1 8 0.14860.105 2
Eas e n Red
Polled
ORA No way 5 5 0.00060.000 1
Fjallna a FNR Sweden 3 3 0.00060.000 1
Icelandic ICL Iceland 8 8 0.00060.000 1
No he n
Finnca le
NFC Finland 3 3 0.00060.000 1
No wegian
(comme cial,
hyb id)
NRF No way 12 12 0.00060.000 1
Swedish
Moun ain
SFR Sweden 8 8 0.00060.000 1
Swedish Red
Polled
ROK Sweden 3 3 0.00060.000 1
Telema k TEL No way 2 2 0.00060.000 1
Wes e n
Finnca le
WFC Finland 9 9 0.00060.000 1
Wes e n Fjo d VFJ No way 6 3 3 0.20060.283 2
Wes e n Red
Polled
VRA No way 3 2 1 0.22260.314 2
To al 82 64 4 6 8 0.222±0.161 4
Bal ic Red
(BHR)
Angle ANG Ge many 10 10 0.00060.000 1
Danish Red RDM Denma k 19 18 1 0.07060.050 2
La ian Blue
(na i e)
LBL La ia 9 9 0.00060.000 1
La ian B own
(comme cial)
LBR La ia 8 8 0.00060.000 1
La ian Danish
Red
DAR La ia 7 3 4 0.38160.269 2
Suksunskaya SUK Russia 5 4 1 0.26760.189 2
Uk ainian Red
S eppe
RST Uk aine 5 1 4 0.13360.189 2
To al 63 1 56 6 0.126±0.090 3
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Coun y
o
o igin
Numbe
o
Y-ch omo-
somes Haplo ype
haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
o al
numbe
o
haplo ypes
Y1-94-158
Y1-96-158
Y1-98-158
Y1-98-160
Y1-100-158
Y1-102-158
Y2-80-158
Y2-90-158
Y2-94-158
Y2-96-158
Y2-98-158
Y2-98-160
Y2-100-158
Y2-102-158
Y2-102-160
Y2-104-158
Y2-104-160
Y2-106-158
Y3-88-156
No h-Wes
(NWE)
Belgian Blue BWB F ance 21 19 2 0.06060.085 2
Belgian Red BRE Belgium 4 4 0.00060.000 1
No mand NOR F ance 46 46 0.00060.000 1
Sho ho n SHN Belgium 19 19 0.00060.000 1
To al 90 19 71 0.112±0.159 2
Lowland
Pied (LLP)
Du ch Bel ed DUB Ne he lands 8 3 5 0.35760.253 2
F iesian-Du ch FRH Ne he lands 8 8 0.00060.000 1
Ge man O iginal
Black Pied-Wes
BPW Ge many 3 3 0.00060.000 1
G oningen
Whi ehead
GWH Ne he lands 6 6 0.00060.000 1
Hols ein
F iesian
HFR Ne he lands 65 64 1 0.02160.015 2
Ju land (old
na i e)
SJM Denma k 6 6 0.00060.000 1
Meuse-Rhine-
Yssel
MRY Ne he lands 9 9 0.00060.000 1
Red Hols ein
dual ype
RH2 Ne he lands 1 1 n/a 1
To al 106 100 1 5 0.072±0.039 3
Eas e n
(EAS)
Bes uzhe BZH Russia 4 4 0.00060.000 1
Is obenskaya ISB Russia 9 9 0.00060.000 1
Kalmyk KAL Russia 12 12 0.00060.000 1
Kholomo-
go skaya
KHO Russia 6 6 0.00060.000 1
Pecho skaya PCH Russia 7 7 0.00060.000 1
Uk ainian
Whi eheaded
UWH Uk aine 11 4 1 6 0.38860.276 3
Yaku ian ca le YKT Sibe ia 23 22 1 0.02960.041 2
Ya osla skaya YAR Russia 3 3 0.00060.000 1
To al 75 33 1 6 34 1 0.373±0.247 5
O e all 111 b eeds 1472 44 20 448 8 25 1 6 14 1 1 2 1 7 559 18 259 1 36 21 0.422±0.269
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This implies ha he zebu alleles ound o au osomal ma ke s in
he Podolian [6,45,46,47], Ibe ian [6,48,49] and Uk ainian
Whi ehead [31] b eeds came o Eu ope indi ec ly, p esumably
ia Ana olia, No h A ica o no h o he Black Sea. In addi ion,
he p esence o zebu Y-ch omosomes in Sou hwes Asia indica e
ha zebu in og ession only ook place a e he expansion o
domes ic au ine ca le om Sou hwes Asia owa ds Eu ope [16].
Tau ine haplog oups
The di e gence o he wo haplog oups Y1 and he Y2 wi hou
in e media e haplo ypes sugges s ha domes ica ion combined
pa e nal lineages o igina e om wo di e ged popula ions.
Rema kably, bo h haplog oups we e ound in Sou hwes Asia.
In Eu ope, he Y1 and Y2 haplog oups ound in ex an ca le
exhibi a clea geog aphic s uc u e, wi h Y1 es ic ed o no he n
Eu opean and Ibe ian b eeds. Ini ially, his was explained by local
au ochs in og ession, supposed o ca y he Y1 lineage [25];
howe e , his does no accoun o he p esence o Y1 in Sou hwes
Asia. In addi ion, a subsequen s udy [27] exclusi ely ound Y2
haplog oups in Eu opean au ochs. We no e ha his does no
exclude ha he Y2 lineage was pa ially con ibu ed by local
au ochs, no ha condi ions o Neoli hic a ming may ha e
c ea ed oppo uni ies o male in og ession om wild animals.
Howe e , se e al analyses o m DNA ha e clea ly demons a ed
ha domes ic ma e nal lineages o igina e om Sou hwes Asia,
wi h only spo adic emale au ochs in og ession [11,12,16,50,51].
An ob ious possibili y is ha he cu en Y-ch omosomal
haplog oup dis ibu ion e lec s Neoli hic immig a ion ou es.
Acco ding o a chaeological e idence, he dispe sal o ag icul u e
in Eu ope s a ed in G eece a ound 7,000 BC, mo ed o sou he n
I aly ci ca. 6,000 BC, and hen along a sou he n ou e in o he
wes e n Medi e anean be ween 5,600 and 5,400 BC, eaching
Po ugal a ound 5,300 BC. Mig a ion along he con inen al ou e
in o Poland and Ge many occu ed be ween 5,500 and 5,300 BC,
eaching no h-wes e n F ance a ound 5,000 BC; sou he n
Scandina ia, he B i ish Isles and I eland we e eached ci ca.o
a e 4,000 BC [52,53,54]. I is gene ally accep ed ha ag icul u e
sp ead ia hese wo ou es: he Medi e anean ou e and he
Danubian (o con inen al) ou e. Al hough Y1 has a clea p esence in
Ibe ian ca le, Y2 pa e nal lineages domina e in he p esen
Medi e anean a ea. A ounde e ec in Danubian immig an s
could ha e caused he dominance o Y1 in no he n Eu ope. In
his scena io, he p esence o Y1 in Ibe ia would ha e esul ed
om mo emen s along he A lan ic seaboa d, as documen ed by
he Neoli hic a chaeological eco d [55], and he p esence o wo
haplog oups in B i ain may indica e a con e gence o immig an s
o bo h ou es.
Al e na i ely, colonisa ion o B i ain may ha e p eda ed he
expansion o Y1, which could ha e a i ed in B i ain la e ia he
documen ed impo o Du ch si es in he 18
h
cen u y. This would
be in line wi h analysis o skele al emains exca a ed in Sweden,
showing ha Y1 bulls eplaced Y2 bulls du ing o a e he la e
Middle Ages [26], al hough Y1 ca le we e aken o Iceland by he
Vikings c. 1,000 AD. Howe e , a Y1 ounde e ec , long a e he
in oduc ion o domes ic ca le in no he n Eu ope, is he mos
consis en wi h he haplo ype di e si y pa e n.
Y1 samples iden i ied in A ica a e mo e likely o be he esul o
a ecen in og ession o Eu opean ca le a he han he
expansion o a gene ically he e ogeneous si e popula ion domes-
ica ed in he Fe ile C escen . Y-speci ic mic osa elli e da a
con i m he exis ence o a Y2 haplo ypic sub amily in A ican
ca le es ic ed o he A ican con inen [14,15].
Dis ibu ion o haplo ype di e si y
The comp ehensi e co e age o ou s udy pe mi s a compa ison
o he di e si y o pa e nal lineages in di e en egions. E en in a
limi ed sampling, Sou hwes Asian ca le con ain se en ou o he
19 au ine haplo ypes iden i ied in his s udy. This suppo s he
heo y ha he Fe ile C escen was a majo cen e o ca le
domes ica ion and ha Eu opean ca le a e a subse o an ini ially
di e se Sou hwes Asian domes ic popula ion. The high di e si y
in Spain and Po ugal is p obably explained by he isola ed
posi ion o he Ibe ian Peninsula, by which much o he o iginal
di e si y has been conse ed. Howe e , he inc eased di e si y
may also ha e been in luenced by A ican in og ession, which is
consis en wi h mi ochond ial and au osomal in o ma ion
Table 2. Haplo ypic da a o he b eeds yped o he Y1-Y2-Y3 SNPs and he wo mic osa elli e loci, INRA189 and BM861.
Geog aphic
g ouping SNPs
Mean numbe o
samples / b eed Mic osa elli es
Mean numbe
o samples /
b eed
To al numbe
o haplo ypes
Haplo ype
di e si y
(±SD)
B eeds Samples B eeds Samples
India (IND) 2 16 8.0 2 16 8.0 1 0.00060.0
A ica (AFR) 1 14 n/a 1 12 n/a 3 0.24760.2
Sou hwes Asia (SWA) 7 25 3.6 7 24 3.4 7 0.57460.4
Podolian (POD) 12 184 15.3 8 79 9.9 4 0.19360.2
Ibe ian (IBE) 31 651 21.0 27 568 21.0 11 0.33560.2
Cen al (CEN) 30 453 15.1 17 230 13.5 5 0.05660.1
B i ish (BRT) 10 164 16.4 8 127 15.9 5 0.41360.3
No dic (NOR) 14 95 6.8 14 82 5.9 4 0.22260.2
Bal ic Red (BHR) 9 77 8.6 7 63 9.0 3 0.12660.1
No h-Wes (NWE) 5 126 25.2 4 90 22.5 2 0.11260.1
Lowland Pied (LLP) 9 208 23.1 8 106 13.3 3 0.07260.1
Eas e n (EAS) 8 74 9.3 8 75 9.4 5 0.37360.3
O e all 138 2087 15.1 111 1472 13.3 19 0.422±0.3
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