Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches
Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to n...
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| author | Erika Rosengren Arina Acatrinei Nicolae Cruceru Marianne Dehasque Aritina Haliuc Edana Lord Cristina I. Mircea Ioana Rusu Emilio Mármol-Sánchez Beatrice S. Kelemen Ioana N. Meleg |
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| description | Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f03fefe99074633bb7741a3a8a93afd2023-11-22T07:22:10ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182021-08-0113837010.3390/d13080370Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular ApproachesErika Rosengren0Arina Acatrinei1Nicolae Cruceru2Marianne Dehasque3Aritina Haliuc4Edana Lord5Cristina I. Mircea6Ioana Rusu7Emilio Mármol-Sánchez8Beatrice S. Kelemen9Ioana N. Meleg10Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, Helgonavägen 3, P.O. Box 192, 22100 Lund, SwedenMolecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, Romania“Emil Racoviță” Institute of Speleology of the Romanian Academy, Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13, Sector 5, 050711 Bucharest, RomaniaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius Väg 20C, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden“Emil Racoviță” Institute of Speleology of the Romanian Academy, Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13, Sector 5, 050711 Bucharest, RomaniaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius Väg 20C, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenMolecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMolecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius Väg 20C, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenMolecular Biology Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, 400271 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaCentre for Palaeogenetics, Svante Arrhenius Väg 20C, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenStarting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/8/370ancient DNAwild and domestic ancient faunaancient genomicsancient epigenomicsancient proteomicsancient lipidomics |
| spellingShingle | Erika Rosengren Arina Acatrinei Nicolae Cruceru Marianne Dehasque Aritina Haliuc Edana Lord Cristina I. Mircea Ioana Rusu Emilio Mármol-Sánchez Beatrice S. Kelemen Ioana N. Meleg Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches Diversity ancient DNA wild and domestic ancient fauna ancient genomics ancient epigenomics ancient proteomics ancient lipidomics |
| title | Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches |
| title_full | Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches |
| title_fullStr | Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches |
| title_short | Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches |
| title_sort | ancient faunal history revealed by interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches |
| topic | ancient DNA wild and domestic ancient fauna ancient genomics ancient epigenomics ancient proteomics ancient lipidomics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/8/370 |
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