Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of the Japanese Wolf (<i>Canis Lupus Hodophilax</i>Temminck, 1839) and Comparison with Representative Wolf and Domestic Dog Haplotypes

Ishiguro, Naotaka; Inoshima, Yasuo; Shigehara, Nobuo

doi:10.2108/zsj.26.765

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“…11 According toObara (2002), the skull is from a domestic dog. This is in line withObara and Nakamura (1992) where the skull of a Yamainu was identified as belonging to a native feral dog (Canis familiaris); see also the discussion byIshiguro et al (2009).12 The skin has well-developed dugs.…”

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“…Wozencraft (2005: 576) included Canis hodophilax Temminck, 1839 as a synonym of Canis lupus. However, many zoologists classify the extinct Japanese wolf as Canis lupus hodophilax (Miyamoto and Maki 1983) and this is supported by Ishiguro et al (2009) following an analysis of mitochondrial DNA from eight specimens of the Japanese wolf compared to the DNA of domestic dogs and continental Canis lupus.…”

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A re-examination of C. J. Temminck's sources for his descriptions of the extinct Japanese wolf

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2015

Archives of Natural History

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Unpublished manuscripts sent from Japan by the German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866) to the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858) show that Siebold possessed exclusive information about the now extinct Japanese wolf. This was confounded or ignored by Temminck when he used Siebold as source for his section on Japanese dogs and wolves in the volume on mammals in Fauna japonica with Siebold as general editor (1842). Temminck had used Siebold's information for his naming of the Japanese wolf as Canis hodophilax in 1839. Temminck's descriptions are analysed in comparison with Siebold's manuscripts to clarify how Temminck obscured Siebold's information. This paper includes reproductions of two unpublished drawings from Siebold's draftsman in Japan and a brief discussion of the zoological status of the Japanese wolf. Additionally, a translation of the most important of Siebold's manuscripts is appended.

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Section: Unravelling the Lectotype And Conclusionmentioning

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A re-examination of C. J. Temminck's sources for his descriptions of the extinct Japanese wolf

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2015

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“…However, haplotypes deriving from crossbreeding would normally have limited geographical spread unless a superior phenotype would have evolved (Pang et al , 2009; Klütsch et al , 2010), and may have gone undetected in this study. So far, the only clear genetic evidence of wolf–dog crossbreeding is the regionally restricted mtDNA haplogroups d1 (restricted to Scandinavia), d2 (restricted to the Middle East and the Mediterranean), and F (found only in a few extant Japanese dogs and samples from extinct Japanese wolf) (Ishiguro et al , 2009; Pang et al , 2009; Klütsch et al , 2010). …”

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Origins of domestic dog in Southern East Asia is supported by analysis of Y-chromosome DNA

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Global mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data indicates that the dog originates from domestication of wolf in Asia South of Yangtze River (ASY), with minor genetic contributions from dog–wolf hybridisation elsewhere. Archaeological data and autosomal single nucleotide polymorphism data have instead suggested that dogs originate from Europe and/or South West Asia but, because these datasets lack data from ASY, evidence pointing to ASY may have been overlooked. Analyses of additional markers for global datasets, including ASY, are therefore necessary to test if mtDNA phylogeography reflects the actual dog history and not merely stochastic events or selection. Here, we analyse 14 437 bp of Y-chromosome DNA sequence in 151 dogs sampled worldwide. We found 28 haplotypes distributed in five haplogroups. Two haplogroups were universally shared and included three haplotypes carried by 46% of all dogs, but two other haplogroups were primarily restricted to East Asia. Highest genetic diversity and virtually complete phylogenetic coverage was found within ASY. The 151 dogs were estimated to originate from 13–24 wolf founders, but there was no indication of post-domestication dog–wolf hybridisations. Thus, Y-chromosome and mtDNA data give strikingly similar pictures of dog phylogeography, most importantly that roughly 50% of the gene pools are shared universally but only ASY has nearly the full range of genetic diversity, such that the gene pools in all other regions may derive from ASY. This corroborates that ASY was the principal, and possibly sole region of wolf domestication, that a large number of wolves were domesticated, and that subsequent dog–wolf hybridisation contributed modestly to the dog gene pool.

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“…For example, two distinct mtDNA lineages were discovered in India and Himalaya [3]–[5] that are basal to other grey wolf lineages worldwide. Another distinct lineage was discovered in Japan [6]. Studies on morphological diversity also identified a variety of distinct types of grey wolves in Asia, which constituted a basis for subspecies delimitation (see [7] for review).…”

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Genetic Variability of the Grey Wolf Canis lupus in the Caucasus in Comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or Intermediary Population?

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Despite continuous historical distribution of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) throughout Eurasia, the species displays considerable morphological differentiation that resulted in delimitation of a number of subspecies. However, these morphological discontinuities are not always consistent with patterns of genetic differentiation. Here we assess genetic distinctiveness of grey wolves from the Caucasus (a region at the border between Europe and West Asia) that have been classified as a distinct subspecies C. l. cubanensis. We analysed their genetic variability based on mtDNA control region, microsatellite loci and genome-wide SNP genotypes (obtained for a subset of the samples), and found similar or higher levels of genetic diversity at all these types of loci as compared with other Eurasian populations. Although we found no evidence for a recent genetic bottleneck, genome-wide linkage disequilibrium patterns suggest a long-term demographic decline in the Caucasian population – a trend consistent with other Eurasian populations. Caucasian wolves share mtDNA haplotypes with both Eastern European and West Asian wolves, suggesting past or ongoing gene flow. Microsatellite data also suggest gene flow between the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. We found evidence for moderate admixture between the Caucasian wolves and domestic dogs, at a level comparable with other Eurasian populations. Taken together, our results show that Caucasian wolves are not genetically isolated from other Eurasian populations, share with them the same demographic trends, and are affected by similar conservation problems.

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Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of the Japanese Wolf (Canis Lupus HodophilaxTemminck, 1839) and Comparison with Representative Wolf and Domestic Dog Haplotypes

Cited by 29 publications

References 11 publications

A re-examination of C. J. Temminck's sources for his descriptions of the extinct Japanese wolf

A re-examination of C. J. Temminck's sources for his descriptions of the extinct Japanese wolf

Origins of domestic dog in Southern East Asia is supported by analysis of Y-chromosome DNA

Genetic Variability of the Grey Wolf Canis lupus in the Caucasus in Comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or Intermediary Population?

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