Impact of Human Selection on the Genetics and Morphology of the Reindeer

Heino, Matti T.; Pelletier, Maxime

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“…The Fennoscandian domestic reindeer nuclear DNA lineages are clustered with native Norwegian mountain reindeer lineage, while the mitochondrial DNA lineages seem non-native to Fennoscandia (Røed et al 2008;Weldenegodguad et al 2020). This pattern may be a result of controlled breeding, in which wild mountain reindeer males were deliberately or incidentally allowed to breed with domestic reindeer females (Heino and Pelletier 2022). A similar practice has been observed for the Skolt Sámi (Helle 1982) and the Evenki (Anderson et al 2017b).…”

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“…A similar practice has been observed for the Skolt Sámi (Helle 1982) and the Evenki (Anderson et al 2017b). Furthermore, there remains a possibility that domestic reindeer belonging to different lineages than those common today were extant before the spread of haplotypes II and Ib, the spread of which is probably related to the emergence of mobile pastoralism with large reindeer herds (Heino and Pelletier 2022).…”

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The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia

Salmi

2022

J Archaeol Res

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Animal domestication is a profound change for human societies, economies, and worldviews. The shifting definitions of animal domestication reflect its varying and process-like nature. Reindeer is one of the species whose domestication is not easily pinned down using standard definitions and research methodologies of animal domestication. In recent years, advances in archaeological methodology and the conceptual understanding of animal domestication have opened new avenues for research on this topic. This review summarizes recent research on the archaeology of reindeer domestication among the Indigenous Sámi of northern Fennoscandia. It compiles a chronological framework of reindeer domestication with an emphasis on the development of reindeer-herding practices and human–reindeer relationships. I argue that while a major transition to reindeer herding occurred among the Sámi from the 15th century onward, small-scale reindeer herding characterized by interspecies sociality, cooperation, and care developed earlier during the Late Iron Age, with regional variations in the timing and details of the events. By focusing on reindeer-herding practices and the human–reindeer relationships embedded in them, I also argue that reindeer domestication, and animal domestication in general, is a relationship constructed and constantly renegotiated in everyday interactions with the animals.

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The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia

Salmi

2022

J Archaeol Res

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Feralization: A threat to conservation of wild reindeer

Mysterud,

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Strand

2024

Conservat Sci and Prac

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Conservation reintroduction is an increasingly applied tool for population restoration. The choice of source population is important from a conservation genetic perspective, but there is ambiguity in IUCN policies surrounding reintroductions from (semi‐)domestic sources. After the depopulation of an entire wild reindeer population due to detection of chronic wasting disease in Norway, the plan is to re‐establish reindeer after years of fallowing. Establishing wild reindeer has become challenging due to arguments for disease control favoring a semidomestic origin of the reintroduced stock. Selection is strong during domestication, and feralization does not lead to a full reversal towards wild traits. From a conservation perspective, we advocate future guidelines to include a ranking when wild, captive, semidomestic, and domestic stocks are available for reintroductions, in order to avoid feralization whenever possible during reintroductions and rewilding efforts.

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Impact of Human Selection on the Genetics and Morphology of the Reindeer

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The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia

The Archaeology of Reindeer Domestication and Herding Practices in Northern Fennoscandia

Feralization: A threat to conservation of wild reindeer

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