Ancient DNA traces a Chinese 5400-year-old cat specimen as leopard cat (<i>Prionailurus bengalensis</i>)

Shilun Zhu; Zehui Chen; Songmei Hu; Weilin Wang; Peng Cao; Feng Liu; Qingyan Dai; Xiaotian Feng; Ruowei Yang; Wanjing Ping; Qiaomei Fu

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2022.07.005

Volume 49 Issue 11

Nov. 2022

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Ancient DNA traces a Chinese 5400-year-old cat specimen as leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.07.005

1. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;
2. Sino-Danish Center, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
3. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
4. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;
5. Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China;
6. School of History and Culture, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China;
7. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;
8. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;
9. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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We would like to thank Ming Zhang in the laboratory for the comments. This work was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Ministry of Finance of the People Republic of China (YSBR-019 and XDB26000000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41925009), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (55008731), the Tencent Foundation (through the XPLORER PRIZE).

Received Date: 2022-05-08
Accepted Date: 2022-07-11
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-28
Publish Date: 2022-07-31

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