{"entity": "researcher", "timestamp": "2026-08-26T10:16:32.072Z", "family": "Ning", "given": "Tiao", "initials": "T", "orcid": "0000-0001-7628-4992", "affiliations": ["College of Agriculture, Kunming University, Kunming, 650214, Yunnan, China. tiaoning@aliyun.com.", "Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource and Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministry of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China. tiaoning@aliyun.com."], "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/5abefef45b964b39ac973547519dd62a.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/5abefef45b964b39ac973547519dd62a"}}, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "01ad1be21db64e398b4de373b7ec24dd", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/01ad1be21db64e398b4de373b7ec24dd.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/01ad1be21db64e398b4de373b7ec24dd"}}, "title": "Local origin or external input: modern horse origin in East Asia.", "authors": [{"family": "Ning", "given": "Tiao", "initials": "T", "orcid": "0000-0001-7628-4992", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/5abefef45b964b39ac973547519dd62a.json"}}, {"family": "Ling", "given": "Yinghui", "initials": "Y"}, {"family": "Hu", "given": "Shaoji", "initials": "S"}, {"family": "Ardalan", "given": "Arman", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Li", "given": "Jing", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Mitra", "given": "Bikash", "initials": "B"}, {"family": "Chaudhuri", "given": "Tapas Kumar", "initials": "TK"}, {"family": "Guan", "given": "Weijun", "initials": "W"}, {"family": "Zhao", "given": "Qianjun", "initials": "Q"}, {"family": "Ma", "given": "Yuehui", "initials": "Y"}, {"family": "Savolainen", "given": "Peter", "initials": "P"}, {"family": "Zhang", "given": "Yaping", "initials": "Y"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2019-11-27", "journal": {"title": "BMC Evol Biol BMC Evolutionary Biology", "issn": "1471-2148", "volume": "19", "issue": "1", "pages": "217", "issn-l": "1471-2148"}, "abstract": "Despite decades of research, the horse domestication scenario in East Asia remains poorly understood.\n\nThe study identified 16 haplogroups with fine-scale phylogenetic resolution using mitochondrial genomes of 317 horse samples. The time to the most recent common ancestor of the 16 haplogroups ranges from [0.8-3.1] thousand years ago (KYA) to [7.9-27.1] KYA. With combined analyses of the mitochondrial control region for 35 extant Przewalski's horses, 3544 modern and 203 ancient horses across the world, researchers provide evidence for that East Asian prevalent haplogroups Q and R were indigenously domesticated or they were involved in numerous distinct genetic components from wild horses in the southern part of East Asia. These events of haplotypes Q and R occurred during 4.7 to 16.3 KYA and 2.1 to 11.5 KYA, respectively. The diffusion of preponderant European haplogroups L from west to East Asia is consistent with the external gene input. Furthermore, genetic differences were detected between northern East Asia and southern East Asia cohorts by Principal Component Analysis, Analysis of Molecular Variance test, the \u03c72 test and phylogeographic analyses.\n\nAll results suggest a complex picture of horse domestication, as well as geographic pattern in East Asia. Both local origin and external input occurred in East Asia horse populations. And besides, there are at least two different domestication or hybridization centers in East Asia.", "doi": "10.1186/s12862-019-1532-y", "pmid": "31775623", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC6882189"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1186/s12862-019-1532-y"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T12:19:39.022Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T12:19:39.102Z"}]}