Publications

2010 Patterns of East Asian pig domestication, migration, and turnover revealed by modern and ancient DNA Greger Larson, Ranran Liu, Xingbo Zhao, Jing Yuan, Dorian Fuller, Loukas Barton, Keith Dobney, Qipeng Fan, Zhiliang Gu, Xiaohui Liu, Yunbing Luo, Peng Lv, Leif Andersson, Ning Li Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107 (17): 7686-7691 Population dynamic of the extinct European aurochs: genetic evidence of a North-South divergence pattern and no evidence of post-glacial expansion Stefano Mona, Giulio Catalano, Martina Lari, Greger Larson, Paolo Boscato, Antonella Casoli, Luca Sineo, Carolina Di Patti|, Elena Pecchioli, David Caramelli, Giorgio Bertorelle. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:83 Ancient DNA typing of Archaeological Pig Remains Corroborates Historical Records James Haile, Greger Larson, Kimberley Owens, Keith Dobney, Beth Shapiro Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 174-177 2009 Contrasting mode of evolution at a coat color locus in wild and domestic pigs Meiying Fang, Greger Larson, Helena Soares, Ning Li, Leif Andersson PLoS Genetics 5(1): e1000341. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000341 Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity Ross Barnett, B Shapiro, S Y W Ho, I Barnes, J Burger, N Yamaguchi, T F G Higham, H T Wheeler, W Rosendahl, A V Sher, M Sotnikova, T Kuznetsova, G F Baryshnikov, L D Martin, C R Harington, J A Burns, A Cooper Mol. Ecol. 18(8): 1668-1677 2008 Reply to Storey et al.: More DNA and dating studies needed for ancient El Arenal-1 chickens J. Gongora, N. J. Rawlence, V.A. Mobegi, H. Jianlin, J. A. Alcalde, J. T. Matus, O. Hanotte, C. Moran, J.J. Austin, S. Ulm, Greger Larson, A. Cooper Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105 (48): E100. Indo-European and Asian origins for modern Chilean and Pacific archaeological chickens revealed by mtDNA J. Gongora, N. J. Rawlence, V.A. Mobegi, H. Jianlin, J. A. Alcalde, J. T. Matus, O. Hanotte, C. Moran, J.J. Austin, S. Ulm, Greger Larson, A. Cooper Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105 (30): 10308-10313 Identification of the yellow skin gene reveals a hybrid origin of the domestic chicken Jonas Eriksson, Greger Larson, Ulrika Gunnarsson, Dominic Wright, Bertrand Bed’hom, Michele Tixier-Boichard, Lina Jacobsson, Annemieke Rattink, Addie Vereijken and Leif Andersson PLoS Genetics 4(2): e1000010 Single Primer EXtension (SPEX) amplification to accurately genotype highly damaged DNA templates Paul Brotheron, Phillip Endicott, Mark Beaumont, Ross Barnett, Jeremy Austin, Alan Cooper Juan Sanchez For. Sci. Int (Genetics Supplement Series) 1(1):19-21 Correlating Bayesian date estimates with climatic events and domestication using a bovine case study Simon Y.W. Ho, Greger Larson, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Tim H. Heupink, Kay E. Lakin and Beth Shapiro Biology Letters 4 (4):370-374 The effect of inappropriate calibration: Three case studies in molecular ecology Simon Y. W. Ho, Urmas Saarma, Ross Barnett, James Haile, and Beth Shapiro. PLoS One 3(2):e1615 Ancient DNA analysis indicates the first English lions originated from North Africa Ross Barnett, N Yamaguchi, B Shapiro, and R. Sabin Cont.Zool 77(1):7-16 The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-mediated Dispersal Keith Dobney, Thomas Cucchi, Greger Larson Asian Perspectives 47 (1): 59-74 2007 Pigs, ancient DNA and the origins of Neolithic farming in Europe. Greger Larson, Umberto Albarella, Keith Dobney, Peter Rowley-Conwy, Jörg Schibler, Anne Tresset, Jean-Denis Vigne, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Angela Schlumbaum, Alexandru Dinu, Adrian Balasescu, Gaynor Dolman, Daniel G. Bradley, Alan Cooper Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104 (39): 15276-15281 The Pygmy Hog is a Unique Genus: 19th century taxonomists got it right first time round Stephan M Funk, Sunil K Verma, Greger Larson, Kasturi Prasad, Lalji Singh, Goutam Narayan, John E Fa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (2): 427-436. Major Ampullate Spidroins from Euprosthenops australis: multiplicity at protein, mRNA and gene levels Anna Rising, Jan Johansson, Greger Larson, Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Wilhelm Engström, Göran Hjälm. Insect Molecular Biology 16 (5): 551-561. Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides New Insights into Neolithic Expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania Greger Larson, Thomas Cucchi, Masakatsu Fujita, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Judith Robins, Atholl Anderson, Barry Rolett, Matthew Spriggs, Gaynor Dolman, Tae-Hun Kim, Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy, Ettore Randi, Moira Doherty, Rokus Awe Due, Robert Bollt, Tony Djubiantono, Bion Griffin, Michiko Intoh, Emile Keane, Patrick Kirch, Kuang-Ti Li, Michael Morwood, Lolita M. Pedriña, Philip J. Piper, Ryan J. Rabett, Peter Shooter, Gert Van den Bergh, Eric West, Stephen Wickler, Jing Yuan, Alan Cooper, Keith Dobney Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104 (12): 4834-4839. Novel high-resolution characterization of ancient DNA reveals C – U type base modification events as the sole cause of post mortem miscoding lesions Paul Brotherton, Phillip Endicott, Juan J. Sanchez, Mark Beaumont, Ross Barnett, Jeremy Austin, Alan Cooper Nuc.Acid.Res. 35(17):5717-5728 Using ancient DNA techniques to identify the origin of unprovenanced museum specimens, as illustrated by the identification of a 19th century lion from Amsterdam Ross Barnett, N Yamaguchi, B Shapiro, and V. Nijman Cont. Zool 76(2):87-94 A Mitochondrial History of the Aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius) in Europe Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Ruth Bollongino, Amelie Scheu, Andrew Chamberlaine, Anne Tresset, Jean-Denis Vigne, Jillian F. Baird, Greger Larson, Tim H. Heupink, Simon Y. W. Ho, Beth Shapiro, Petra Czerwinski, Abigail R. Freeman, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Betty Arndti, László Bartosiewicz, Norbert Benecke, Mihael Budjal, Louis Chaix, Alice M. Choyke, Eric Coqueugniot, Hans-Jürgen Döhlep, Holger Göldnerq, Sönke Hartzr, Daniel Helmero, Barabara Herzig, Hitomi Hongo, Marjan Mashkourd, Mehmet Özdogan, Erich Puchers, Georg Roth,Sabine Schade-Lindig, Ulrich Schmölcke, Rick Schulting, Elisabeth Stephan, Hans-Peter Uerpmann, István Vörös, Daniel G. Bradley, Joachim Burger Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences 274, 1377-1385. 2006 DNA and Animal domestication: more windows on an elusive process Keith Dobney, Greger Larson Journal of Zoology 269 (2): 261-270 Molecular Clocks: When times are a-changin’ Simon Ho, Greger Larson Trends in Genetics 22 (2): 79-83. The origin, current diversity, and future conservation of the modern lion Ross Barnett, N Yamaguchi, I Barnes, and A Cooper Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 273(1598): 2119-2125 Assessing the fidelity of ancient DNA sequences amplified from nuclear genes Binladen, J., Wiuf, C., Gilbert, M.T.P., Bunce, M., Ross Barnett, Greger Larson, Greenwood, A.D., Haile, J., Ho, S.Y.W., Hansen, A.J., and Willerslev, E. Genetics 172: 733-741 Lost populations and preserving genetic diversity in the lion Ross Barnett, N Yamaguchi, I Barnes, and A Cooper Conservation Genetics 7(4): 507-514 2005 Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centers of pig domestication Greger Larson, Keith Dobney, Umberto Albarella, Meiying Fang, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Judith Robins, Stewart Lowden, Heather Finlayson, Tina Brand, Eske Willerslev, Peter Rowley-Conwy, Leif Andersson, Alan Cooper Science 307 (5715): 1618-1621 Domesticated Pigs in Eastern Indonesia - Response Greger Larson, Keith Dobney, Umberto Albarella, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Judith Robins, Stewart Lowden, Peter Rowley-Conwy, Leif Andersson, Alan Cooper Science 309: 381. Evolution of the extinct sabretooths (Smilodon and Homotherium) and American cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx trumani) Ross Barnett, I Barnes, M J Phillips, L D Martin, C R Harington, J A Leonard, and A Cooper Current Biology 15(15): R589-590

2011


Rethinking the evolution of extant sub-Saharan African suids (Suidae, Artiodactyla)

Jaime Gongora, Rebecca E. Cuddahee, Fabrícia Ferreira do Nascimento, Christopher J. Palgrave, Stewart Lowden, Simon Y. W. Ho, Denbigh Simond, Chandramaya Siska Damayanti, Daniel James White, Wee Tek Tay, Ettore Randi, Hans Klingel, Clara J. Rodrigues-Zarate, Kari Allen, Chris Moran & Greger Larson

Zoological Scripta 40: 327-355.


Genetics and domestication: Important Questions for New Answers

Greger Larson

Wenner-Gren Foundation Symposium 141. Beginnings of Agriculture: New Data, New Ideas

Current Anthropology 52:S4, S485-S495


The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of an 11,450-year-old Aurochsen (Bos primigenius) from Central Italy

Martina Lari, Ermanno Rizzi, Stefano Mona, Giorgio Corti, Giulio Catalano, Kefei Chen, Cristiano Vernesi, Greger Larson, Paolo Boscato, Gianluca De Bellis, Alan Cooper, David Caramelli, Giorgio Bertorelle.

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11:32.


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2012



Pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

Groenen, M.A.M., Archibald, A.L…Larson, G, …Schook, L.B. (142 authors)

Nature 491: 393-398.


Impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox

Andrew Mellows, Ross Barnett, Love Dalén, Edson Sandoval-Castellanos, Anna Linderholm, Thomas H. McGovern, Mike J. Church, Greger Larson

Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences 279 (1747): 4568-4573


The long and winding road: Identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape

Allowen Evin, Thomas Cucchi, Andrea Cardini, Una Strand Vidarsdottir, Greger Larson, Keith Dobney

Journal of Archaeological Science 40(1): 735–743


Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography

Greger Larson, Elinor Karlsson, Angela Perri, Matthew Webster, Simon Y. W. Ho, Joris Peters, Peter W. Stahl, Philip J. Piper, Frode Lingaas, Merete Fredholm, Kenine E. Comstock, Jaime F. Modiano, Claude Schelling, Alexander I. Agoulnik, Peter Leegwater, Keith Dobney, Jean-Denis Vigne, Carles Vilà, Leif Andersson, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA) 109 (23): 8878-8883.


The Balkans and the colonization of Europe: The post-glacial expansion of the wild boar

Panoraia Alexandri, Alexander Triantafyllidis, Spiros Papakostas, Evangelos Chatzinikos, Petros Platis, Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Greger Larson, Theodore J. Abatzopoulos and Costas Triantaphyllidis.

Journal of Biogeography 39(4): 713-723

2013


A population genetics view of animal domestication

Larson, G. Burger, J.

Trends in Genetics 29(4): 197-205


Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics

Ottoni, C., Girdland Flink, L., Evin, A., Geörg, C., De Cupere, B., Van Neer, W., Bartosiewicz, L., Linderholm, A., Barnett, R., Peters, J., Decorte, R., Waelkens, M., Vanderheyden, N., Ricaut, F.-X., Hoelzel, A. R., Mashkour, M., Karimluh, A. F. M., Senoh, S. S., Daujat, J., Brock, F., Pinhasi, R., Hongo, H., Perez-Enciso, M., Rasmussen, M., Frantz, L. A. F., Megens, H.-J., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Groenen, M. A. M., Arbuckle, B., Benecke, N., Strand Vidarsdottir, U., Burger, J., Cucchi, T., Dobney, K. D. & Larson, G..

Molecular Biology and Evolution 30(4): 824–832.