TY  - CONF
AU  - Popović, Danijela
AU  - Krajcarz, Magdalena
AU  - Krajcarz, Maciej
AU  - Bielichová, Zora
AU  - Bulatović, Jelena
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Makowiecki, Daniel
AU  - Marković, Nemanja
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Baca, Mateusz
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1370
AB  - Advances in paleogenomic research have provided new information about domesticated animals,
but we still know little about the history of cats. Until now, only one subspecies, the Near
Eastern wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), was known to have been domesticated. The domestication
areas were assumed to be the Near East and Egypt. From this region, cats spread to the
Mediterranean and beyond. It has been accepted that the Roman legions played the primary
role in the expansion of cats through northern Europe. However, we found that cats that carried
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes of wildcats from the Near East were present in Central
Europe as early as the Neolithic, well before Roman times, and may have been associated
with Neolithic expansion. Our new results reveal the presence of the mtDNA haplotypes of the
Near Eastern wildcats in Poland even in the pre-Neolithic period. This may suggest that the
Near Eastern wildcats could have spread across Europe independently of agricultural expansion.
Consequently, the natural range of Near Eastern wildcats may have been much broader than
previously assumed. To understand how and when domestic cats appeared in Central Europe,
we performed a target enrichment of ca. 57,000 genomic SNPs. We believe that this will allow us
to definitively determine whether the appearance of the Near Eastern wildcat mtDNA in Central
Europe was a natural admixture between the two subspecies or whether it was a human-induced
dispersal of tame/domestic cats. The study is supported by the National Science Centre, Poland,
grant no. 2019/35/B/HS3/02923.
PB  - Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
C3  - 10th meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group
T1  - The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: human-induced dispersal or natural introgression?
SP  - 45
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1370
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Popović, Danijela and Krajcarz, Magdalena and Krajcarz, Maciej and Bielichová, Zora and Bulatović, Jelena and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Makowiecki, Daniel and Marković, Nemanja and Živaljević, Ivana and Baca, Mateusz",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Advances in paleogenomic research have provided new information about domesticated animals,
but we still know little about the history of cats. Until now, only one subspecies, the Near
Eastern wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), was known to have been domesticated. The domestication
areas were assumed to be the Near East and Egypt. From this region, cats spread to the
Mediterranean and beyond. It has been accepted that the Roman legions played the primary
role in the expansion of cats through northern Europe. However, we found that cats that carried
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes of wildcats from the Near East were present in Central
Europe as early as the Neolithic, well before Roman times, and may have been associated
with Neolithic expansion. Our new results reveal the presence of the mtDNA haplotypes of the
Near Eastern wildcats in Poland even in the pre-Neolithic period. This may suggest that the
Near Eastern wildcats could have spread across Europe independently of agricultural expansion.
Consequently, the natural range of Near Eastern wildcats may have been much broader than
previously assumed. To understand how and when domestic cats appeared in Central Europe,
we performed a target enrichment of ca. 57,000 genomic SNPs. We believe that this will allow us
to definitively determine whether the appearance of the Near Eastern wildcat mtDNA in Central
Europe was a natural admixture between the two subspecies or whether it was a human-induced
dispersal of tame/domestic cats. The study is supported by the National Science Centre, Poland,
grant no. 2019/35/B/HS3/02923.",
publisher = "Ludwig Maximilian University Munich",
journal = "10th meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group",
title = "The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: human-induced dispersal or natural introgression?",
pages = "45",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1370"
}

Popović, D., Krajcarz, M., Krajcarz, M., Bielichová, Z., Bulatović, J., Dimitrijević, V., Makowiecki, D., Marković, N., Živaljević, I.,& Baca, M.. (2023). The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: human-induced dispersal or natural introgression?. in 10th meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich., 45.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1370

Popović D, Krajcarz M, Krajcarz M, Bielichová Z, Bulatović J, Dimitrijević V, Makowiecki D, Marković N, Živaljević I, Baca M. The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: human-induced dispersal or natural introgression?. in 10th meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group. 2023;:45.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1370 .

Popović, Danijela, Krajcarz, Magdalena, Krajcarz, Maciej, Bielichová, Zora, Bulatović, Jelena, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Makowiecki, Daniel, Marković, Nemanja, Živaljević, Ivana, Baca, Mateusz, "The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: human-induced dispersal or natural introgression?" in 10th meeting of the ICAZ Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group (2023):45,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1370 .