The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle

  1. Torsten Günther  Is a corresponding author
  2. Jacob Chisausky
  3. Ángeles M Galindo-Pellicena
  4. Eneko Iriarte
  5. Oscar Cortes Gardyn
  6. Paulina G Eusebi
  7. Rebeca García-González
  8. Irene Ureña
  9. Marta Moreno-García
  10. Alfonso Alday
  11. Manuel Rojo
  12. Amalia Pérez
  13. Cristina Tejedor Rodríguez
  14. Iñigo García Martínez de Lagrán
  15. Juan Luis Arsuaga
  16. José-Miguel Carretero
  17. Anders Götherström
  18. Colin Smith  Is a corresponding author
  19. Cristina Valdiosera  Is a corresponding author
  1. Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
  2. Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Spain
  3. Laboratorio de Evolución Humana, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
  4. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
  5. Centre for Palaeogenetics, Sweden
  6. Instituto de Historia – CSIC, Spain
  7. Área de Prehistoria, University of the Basque Country, Spain
  8. Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, Valladolid University, Spain
  9. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, UNED, Spain
  10. Unidad Asociada de I+D+i al CSIC Vidrio y Materiales del Patrimonio Cultural (VIMPAC), Australia
  11. Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Australia
  12. CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), Spain
17 figures, 9 tables and 2 additional files

Figures

Data overview and descriptive ancestry analysis.

(A) Map of Europe showing the Iberian sampling sites (red circles, size proportional to sample sizes) and the sites for published aurochs genomes used in the analysis (blue diamonds). (B) Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination of nuclear data of Iberian samples considered B. taurus samples (orange), Iberian samples that were morphologically considered B. primigenius (red), other Iberian Bos samples (brown), ancient domestic cattle from the Balkans and Anatolia (yellow), and aurochs (blue). Data point shape corresponds to mitochondrial haplogroups. (C) f4 statistic measuring allele sharing of the Iberian samples with European aurochs (Bed3) or Anatolian Neolithic cattle (Sub1). Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals estimated using a block jackknife procedure. The time periods displayed are contextual.

Development of aurochs ancestry over time.

Estimates of aurochs ancestry (estimated using the f4 ratio with Bed3 as European aurochs source) in directly dated post-Mesolithic Iberian samples over time. Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval estimated using a block-jackknife procedure. Modern Iberian whole-genome sequenced Lidia individuals are added around date 0 with some horizontal jitter. Approximate boundaries for the main sampling periods are indicated by dashed vertical lines.

Comparison of f4 ratio estimated aurochs ancestry of post-Mesolithic Iberian samples on the autosomes vs X chromosomes.

Error bars indicate the 95% confidence interval estimated using a block jackknife procedure.

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
qpAdm estimates of aurochs ancestry in modern Western European cattle breeds from the Upadhyay et al., 2017, dataset.

Commercial breeds are marked with a ‘C’. The figure is only showing breeds with feasible and non-rejected two-source models, as all results are shown in Appendix 2—table 1. Error bars are showing block-jackknife estimates of the 95% confidence interval.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
qpAdm aurochs ancestry estimates for the six individual Lidia genomes.
f4 statistics contrasting our newly sequenced samples to a reference domestic individual and a reference European aurochs.

The f4 statistics were calculated for two different versions of the bam files: with rescaled bases in fragment ends vs untreated bam files but an SNP panel excluding transitions. The blue line indicates a linear regression with confidence interval. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals estimated using a block jackknife procedure.

f4ratios estimating European aurochs ancestry in our newly sequenced Iberian samples.

The f4 ratios were calculated for two different versions of the bam files: with rescaled bases in fragment ends vs untreated bam files but an SNP panel excluding transitions. The right panel shows the standard errors for the f4 ratio estimates, the dashed line would correspond to equal standard errors for the two panels. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals estimated using a block jackknife procedure.

Appendix 2—figure 1
Misincorporation plots for the samples moo001–moo012b included in nuclear analysis.
Appendix 2—figure 2
Misincorporation plots for the samples moo013a–moo039 included in nuclear analysis.
Appendix 2—figure 3
Misincorporation plots for the samples moo040–moo050 included in nuclear analysis.
Appendix 2—figure 4
Biplot of PC1 and PC2 defined by modern western breeds together with ancient samples projected onto the PC-space.

Aurochs genomes are shown as diamonds, ancient Iberian samples as blue dots, and other ancient samples from Verdugo et al., 2019, as grey dots.

Appendix 2—figure 5
Zoomed version of a biplot of PC1 and PC2 defined by modern western breeds together with ancient samples projected onto the PC-space.

Aurochs genomes are shown as diamonds, ancient Iberian samples as blue dots, and other ancient samples from Verdugo et al., 2019, as grey dots. Sample IDs are added for Iberian samples.

Appendix 2—figure 6
Model-based clustering results for modern breeds and ancient Bos samples from K=2 to K=10.
Appendix 2—figure 7
Structf4 results for K=2.
Appendix 2—figure 8
Structf4 results for K=3.
Appendix 2—figure 9
Structf4 results for K=4.
Appendix 2—figure 10
Structf4 results for K=5.
Appendix 3—figure 1
The distribution of 15N vs 13C for the samples, identified on the basis of morphology.

Tables

Table 1
European aurochs ancestry proportions in post-Mesolithic Iberian Bos samples.

Square brackets are showing block-jackknife estimates of the 95% confidence interval. f4 ratio and qpAdm are using Bed3 as source of European aurochs ancestry unless noted otherwise. Footnotes are added when deviations from the two-source model were needed. Struct-f4 was run in semi-supervised mode to estimate ancestry in the Iberian samples with K=5 as the different ancestries separated at this point. Only individuals with at least 0.1× coverage were included in this analysis to ensure convergence. LNCA = Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic.

Sample IDSitePeriodDate cal BPf4 ratioqpAdmStruct-f4 (K=5)
moo012aEl PortalónEarly Neolithiccontextual0.908 [0.743, 1.072]0.928 [0.77, 1.085]
moo004Els TrocsNeolithic7152–68900.103 [0.025, 0.182]0.06 [0.026, 0.098]*0.01
moo007Els TrocsNeolithic7151–6890–0.089 [-0.204, 0.026]0.073 [0.033, 0.113]*0.039
moo014El PortalónNeolithic6491–64030.861 [0.791, 0.931]0.942 [0.905, 0.979]0.942
moo039MendandiaNeolithic7426–72800.435 [0.334, 0.536]0.866 [0.76, 0.971]
moo015El PortalónLNCA5041–4842–0.055 [-0.182, 0.072]0.444 [0.32, 0.565]
moo017El PortalónLNCA5567–53260.756 [0.646, 0.866]0.811 [0.769, 0.853]*
moo019El PortalónLNCA5556–53250.723 [0.628, 0.818]0.828 [0.786, 0.87]*0.654
moo020El PortalónLNCAcontextual0.775 [0.652, 0.897]0.944 [0.80, 1.085]
moo050El PortalónLNCA5468–53200.788 [0.709, 0.866]0.809 [0.773, 0.845]*0.663**
moo011bEl PortalónBell Beakercontextual0.109 [-0.097, 0.316]0.667 [0.47, 0.865]
moo012bEl PortalónBell Beaker4421–42910.706 [0.528, 0.883]0.326 [0.258, 0.394]*
moo022El PortalónBell Beakercontextual0.169 [0.006, 0.332]0.729 [0.55, 0.910]
moo023El PortalónBell Beaker4153–39760.179 [0.073, 0.285]0.641 [0.54, 0.738]0.21
moo033El PortalónEarly Bronze Agecontextual0.241 [0.050, 0.432]0.987 [0.79, 1.182]
moo009aEl PortalónBronze Age3884–36350.399 [0.297, 0.502]0.284 [0.244, 0.324]*0.152
moo009xEl PortalónBronze Age3829–35130.198 [0.115, 0.280]0.259 [0.203, 0.315]0.176
moo034El PortalónBronze Age3811–34920.547 [0.300, 0.794]0.112 [-0.061, 0.285]§
moo035El PortalónBronze Agecontextual0.307 [0.170, 0.445]0.821 [0.68, 0.963]
moo010pEl PortalónRoman2334–21560.397 [0.205, 0.589]0.281 [0.217, 0.345]*
  1. *

    To produce a fitting and feasible model (p>0.01) a minor contribution (≤ 5%) of indicine ancestry is required to fit the data.

  2. Model does not fit with Bed3 as European aurochs source but fits well (p=0.49) when using CPC98.

  3. To produce a fitting and feasible model (p>0.01) a contribution of 33.7% Caucasus aurochs ancestry (Gyu2) is required to fit the data. This additional source is not well resolved as the standard error is large (21.2%).

  4. §

    To produce a fitting and feasible model (p>0.01) a contribution of 85.9% Caucasus aurochs ancestry (Gyu2) is required to fit the data. This additional source is not well resolved as the standard error is large (74.6%).

  5. Struct-f4 also assigns a small proportion of Caucasus aurochs ancestry (Gyu2) to this individual (<5%).

  6. **

    Struct-f4 also assigns a proportion of Caucasus aurochs ancestry (Gyu2) to this individual (14.0%).

Appendix 2—table 1
qpAdm modelling of the genomic ancestry in modern European cattle breeds under a two-source model using European aurochs (Bed3) and Anatolian Neolithic cattle (Sub1) as representatives of the sources.

Genotypes for modern breeds from Upadhyay et al., 2017 (C=commercial breed).

Breed codeBreedOriginProportion European aurochsProportion Anatolia NeolithicStandard errorp-Value
AL01AlentejanaPortugal0.25020.74980.03610.1030
AN01Angler (C)Germany0.27460.72540.04010.0747
AR01ArouquesaPortugal0.25720.74280.03410.0555
BC01Berrenda en coloradoSpain0.27380.72620.03540.0077
BN01Berrenda en negroSpain0.30050.69950.03430.0014
BS01Brown Swiss (C)Switzerland0.24800.75200.03550.0343
CA01CardenaSpain0.22450.77550.03380.0141
CC01CachenaPortugal0.27380.72620.03720.0564
CL01CaldelanaSpain0.25400.74600.03880.3139
DB01Dutch Belted (C)The Netherlands0.27240.72760.03580.2135
DF01Dutch Friesian (C)The Netherlands0.28140.71860.03640.0413
FL01Fleckvieh (C)Switzerland0.28010.71990.03350.0685
GA01GallowayScotland0.23570.76430.03500.4203
GW01Groningen Whiteheaded (C)The Netherlands0.24790.75210.03530.3394
HF01Holstein Friesian (C)The Netherlands0.34020.65980.03520.0068
HL01HighlandScotland0.23230.76770.03750.0788
JE01Jersey (C)Jersey Island0.27320.72680.03520.3093
KC01Kerry CattleIreland0.24160.75840.03570.1596
LI01LidiaSpain0.25020.74980.03330.2204
LM01LimiaSpain0.23370.76630.03470.3224
ME01MaronesaSpain0.26680.73320.03510.0339
MI01MirandesaPortugal0.26430.73570.03910.0942
MN01MaronesaSpain0.27180.72820.03610.0400
MR01MRY (C)The Netherlands0.25640.74360.03440.0769
PA01PajunaSpain0.24150.75850.03270.0097
PA02PajunaSpain0.20930.79070.04200.0114
SA01SayaguesaSpain0.21430.78570.03390.0021
TUTudancaSpain0.27730.72270.03820.1749
TU01TudancaSpain0.25800.74200.04130.0295
WP01White ParkEngland0.27650.72350.03620.5794
  1. Italic p-values indicate rejected models with p<0.05.

Appendix 2—table 2
D statistics verifying the results of Upadhyay et al., 2017.

pop3 is a Western European breed while pop4 is an Alpine breed. Negative values indicate an excess of allele sharing between pop2 and pop3.

pop1pop2pop3pop4DSEZn
YAKCPC98EL01FL01–0.026523930.00456532–5.80987815450246
YAKCPC98EL01BS01–0.030707680.00487875–6.29417402450241
YAKCPC98GA01FL01–0.030440610.00392968–7.74633205450234
YAKCPC98GA01BS01–0.034421620.00434763–7.91732385450223
YAKCPC98WP01FL01–0.025634530.00397421–6.45021264450035
YAKCPC98WP01BS01–0.029573670.00450710–6.56157650450031
YAKCPC98HL01FL01–0.028424380.00387999–7.32588339450320
YAKCPC98HL01BS01–0.032463080.00432781–7.50104292450319
YAKCPC98KC01FL01–0.026725450.00390891–6.83706658450352
YAKCPC98KC01BS01–0.030707300.00431715–7.11286432450340
YAKCPC98JE01FL01–0.014971770.00407495–3.67409596450360
YAKCPC98JE01BS01–0.019070320.00441154–4.32282854450342
YAKCPC98DB01FL01–0.008742580.00384590–2.27322063450195
YAKCPC98DB01BS01–0.012810780.00438547–2.92118480450193
YAKCPC98DF01FL01–0.010040340.00368917–2.72157043450373
YAKCPC98DF01BS01–0.014127710.00421435–3.35228684450371
YAKCPC98HF01FL01–0.005127960.00341739–1.50055117450378
YAKCPC98HF01BS01–0.009144510.00385993–2.36908732450376
YAKCPC98MR01FL01–0.015661910.00346923–4.51451546450313
YAKCPC98MR01BS01–0.019679250.00393753–4.99786229450307
YAKCPC98AL01FL01–0.005150360.00420798–1.22395152450178
YAKCPC98AL01BS01–0.009162240.00476407–1.92319693450170
YAKCPC98AR01FL01–0.007334820.00358002–2.04881890450360
YAKCPC98AR01BS01–0.011405750.00397343–2.87050092450357
YAKCPC98CC01FL01–0.011855120.00429875–2.75780703450210
YAKCPC98CC01BS01–0.015926150.00467210–3.40877812450196
YAKCPC98CL01FL01–0.006206920.00463521–1.33908070449745
YAKCPC98CL01BS01–0.010516480.00500205–2.10243173449745
YAKCPC98MI01FL01–0.003845950.00456479–0.84252575450236
YAKCPC98MI01BS01–0.008013980.00496662–1.61356702450221
YAKCPC98BC01FL01–0.000879930.00355382–0.24760203450356
YAKCPC98BC01BS01–0.004982520.00395135–1.26096675450345
YAKCPC98BN01FL010.000995520.003499740.28445469450351
YAKCPC98BN01BS01–0.003102450.00405350–0.76537570450348
YAKCPC98CA01FL01–0.005655100.00342051–1.65329057450392
YAKCPC98CA01BS01–0.009772420.00389924–2.50623975450386
YAKCPC98LI01FL01–0.004977860.00344966–1.44300022450380
YAKCPC98LI01BS01–0.009092280.00392637–2.31569677450374
YAKCPC98LM01FL01–0.011395340.00342571–3.32641246450377
YAKCPC98LM01BS01–0.015530560.00399342–3.88903604450373
YAKCPC98PA01FL01–0.004697580.00300994–1.56068935450393
YAKCPC98PA01BS01–0.008831860.00363419–2.43021611450384
YAKCPC98PA02FL010.000153400.005194420.02953081449545
YAKCPC98PA02BS01–0.003931030.00545916–0.72008057449548
YAKCPC98SA01FL01–0.008875840.00354305–2.50514043450377
YAKCPC98SA01BS01–0.012999580.00401364–3.23885174450369
YAKCPC98TUFL01–0.004468670.00469083–0.95263975449680
YAKCPC98TUBS01–0.008497430.00509594–1.66748978449674
Appendix 2—table 3
D statistics verifying the results of da Fonseca et al., 2019.

pop3 is an Iberia breed while pop4 is a central or Northwestern European breed. Positive values indicate an excess of allele sharing between pop2 and pop4.

pop1pop2pop3pop4DSEZn
YAKCPC98AL01HF010.000109840.004440320.02473730450186
YAKCPC98AL01JE010.009754750.004767722.04599760450158
YAKCPC98AR01HF01–0.002095680.00376061–0.55727039450365
YAKCPC98AR01JE010.007572260.004363171.73549446450336
YAKCPC98CC01HF01–0.006640200.00434678–1.52761461450211
YAKCPC98CC01JE010.002989560.004934650.60583115450192
YAKCPC98CL01HF01–0.000895100.00478336–0.18712725449748
YAKCPC98CL01JE010.008900810.005115641.73992026449721
YAKCPC98MI01HF010.001194320.004741480.25188685450238
YAKCPC98MI01JE010.010993290.005083262.16264559450206
YAKCPC98BC01HF010.004205090.003800251.10653083450359
YAKCPC98BC01JE010.014017240.004231433.31264957450329
YAKCPC98BN01HF010.006107000.003679321.65981831450360
YAKCPC98BN01JE010.015858670.004277583.70739043450327
YAKCPC98CA01HF01–0.000461120.00364117–0.12663996450396
YAKCPC98CA01JE010.009260870.004150922.23104269450370
YAKCPC98LI01HF010.000176680.003742940.04720225450385
YAKCPC98LI01JE010.009941260.004224522.35322801450356
YAKCPC98LM01HF01–0.006117050.00379450–1.61208547450383
YAKCPC98LM01JE010.003568000.004158380.85802696450352
YAKCPC98PA01HF010.000447480.003287900.13609781450395
YAKCPC98PA01JE010.010224680.003742972.73170629450366
YAKCPC98PA02HF010.005197300.005291900.98212286449549
YAKCPC98PA02JE010.015078710.005652982.66739024449529
YAKCPC98SA01HF01–0.003630950.00362183–1.00251585450382
YAKCPC98SA01JE010.006074290.004359031.39349602450359
YAKCPC98TUHF010.000553430.004936850.11210270449674
YAKCPC98TUJE010.010448970.005245291.99206629449653
Appendix 2—table 4
qpAdm results for the modern breeds in a three-source model.
BreedEuropean Aurochs proportionEuropean domestic proportionIndicus proportionSE (aurochs)SE (taurus)SE (indicus)p
AL010.14890.83320.01790.04770.04160.00860.1290
AN010.13340.84030.02640.05050.04390.00960.6038
AR010.14650.83330.02020.04270.03700.00810.2356
BC010.14460.83030.02520.04330.03780.00800.5834
BK010.03990.87710.08290.04890.04260.00930.0774
BN010.12230.84470.03290.04300.03750.00800.1930
BS010.06900.90100.03000.04770.04160.00880.1299
BU010.06830.82120.11060.04650.04050.00880.1236
BU020.04810.89060.06130.04640.04030.00860.1336
CA010.17130.81530.01350.04260.03700.00790.1055
CC010.15250.82410.02330.04920.04250.00920.5879
CH010.03130.86670.10200.04920.04290.00920.1833
CL010.10030.87560.02410.05180.04520.00940.2378
DB010.18920.79510.01580.04490.03900.00840.4417
DF010.18370.79620.02010.04440.03860.00840.4395
FL010.11380.85900.02710.04270.03720.00800.1621
GA010.20640.78590.00770.04320.03770.00800.6631
GW010.19250.79690.01070.04420.03860.00810.3708
HF010.19410.77990.02600.04300.03740.00800.0834
HL010.19050.80230.00720.04590.04000.00870.0260
JE010.12330.85270.02400.04580.03990.00860.3298
KC010.21360.77750.00890.04380.03820.00810.5727
LI010.13450.84540.02010.04330.03770.00810.6682
LM010.16400.82290.01310.04290.03740.00810.5898
MA010.04010.85890.10100.04410.03840.00870.1193
ME010.15540.82290.02170.04320.03770.00810.3929
MI010.14680.83120.02200.04890.04260.00900.6720
MN010.13360.84230.02400.04580.03990.00860.1144
MR010.15250.82760.01980.04430.03870.00820.3582
PA010.14370.83640.01990.04120.03570.00780.1722
PA020.18640.80000.01350.05130.04440.00980.6806
PO010.00030.88770.11190.05570.04850.01120.6150
RO010.03180.88440.08380.04610.04020.00900.3009
SA010.12600.85320.02080.04300.03750.00790.1805
TU0.16980.81050.01960.05000.04340.00940.3151
TU010.13030.84490.02480.05320.04650.00960.2313
WP010.16370.81840.01790.04610.04020.00850.5317
Appendix 3—table 1
Collagen isotope data summary based on morphological identification.

Significant differences (at p=0.05) from normal distributions are highlighted in blue.

13CNormality tests
Morphological speciesNumber of samplesMeanStd devMedianShapiro-Wilk W-valueShapiro-Wilk p-valueAnderson-Darling A-valueAnderson-Darling p-value
AllB. taurus54–20.480.80–20.550.9720.2420.6280.097
B. species26–20.020.83–20.200.9610.4150.4380.273
B. primigenius13–20.200.86–20.160.8640.0430.6700.061
B. primigenius+B. primigenius?15–20.270.83–20.460.8530.0190.7840.032
B. taurus+B. species80–20.330.83–20.500.9760.1330.8100.035
Northern (>41°N)B. taurus51–20.560.75–20.600.9770.4030.5290.168
B. species21–20.260.73–20.300.9550.4150.4290.282
B. primigenius7–20.820.31–20.920.7750.023N/AN/A
B. primigenius+B. primigenius?9–20.800.31–20.920.8350.0500.6620.055
B. taurus+B. species72–20.470.75–20.510.9790.2590.5890.120
15NNormality tests
Morphological speciesNumber of samplesMeanStd devMedianShapiro-Wilk W-valueShapiro-Wilk p-valueAnderson-Darling A-valueAnderson-Darling p-value
AllB. taurus545.581.335.400.9400.0100.9630.014
B. species265.180.955.250.9610.4200.3170.519
B. primigenius134.790.744.690.9270.3100.4300.261
B. primigenius+B. primigenius?154.800.694.700.9380.3610.3970.324
B. taurus+B. species805.451.235.340.9430.0011.0960.007
Northern (>42°N)B. taurus465.601.415.400.9350.0130.9750.013
B. species115.360.925.030.8620.0610.5750.104
B. primigenius74.880.734.690.7780.024N/AN/A
B. primigenius+B. primigenius?94.880.634.770.7760.0110.8210.020
B. taurus+B. species575.551.335.380.9300.0031.2910.002
Appendix 3—table 2
Summary of Wilcoxon rank sum test results of comparisons of stable isotope data based on morphological characterisation.

Significant differences (at p=0.05) are highlighted in blue.

Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction
Test comparisonW-valuep-value
AllB. primigenius vs B. taurus13C3980.461
15N2130.029
B. primigenius vs B. taurus+ B. species13C5490.752
15N3390.045
B. primigenius+ B. primigenius? vs B. taurus13C4440.575
15N2460.021
B. primigenius+B. primigenius? vs B. taurus +B. species13C6070.947
15N3950.036
Northern onlyB. primigenius vs B. taurus13C1280.232
15N1050.141
B. primigenius vs B. taurus+B. species13C1650.135
15N1280.124
B. primigenius+B. primigenius? vs B. taurus13C1740.254
15N1360.106
B. primigenius+B. primigenius? vs B. taurus+B. species13C2230.131
15N1690.102
Appendix 3—table 3
Collagen isotope data summary based on genetic (or morphological identification for published studies).

Significant differences (at p=0.05) from normal distributions are highlighted in blue.

13CNormality tests
Genetic modelGenetic speciesNumber of samplesMeanStd devMedianShapiro-Wilk W-valueShapiro-Wilk p-valueAnderson-Darling A-valueAnderson-Darling p-value
AllModel 1B. taurus55–20.480.73–20.650.9510.0251.1400.005
B. primigenius17–20.380.99–20.460.9370.2830.4700.216
Model 2B. taurus52–20.450.74–20.600.9580.0640.9160.018
B. primigenius16–20.230.81–20.310.8840.0450.6120.092
Hybrid4–21.410.90–21.030.7190.019N/AN/A
Model 3B. taurus51–20.440.75–20.600.9600.0840.8490.027
B. primigenius11–20.080.89–20.100.8930.1500.4780.187
Hybrid10–20.930.76–20.940.8260.0300.8670.016
Northern (>41°N)Model 1B. taurus52–20.550.68–20.700.9590.0690.9110.019
B. primigenius11–20.870.76–20.920.8520.0450.740.038
Model 2B. taurus49–20.530.69–20.650.9660.1640.7230.055
B. primigenius10–20.680.45–20.900.8510.0600.6360.068
Hybrid4–21.410.90–21.030.7190.019N/AN/A
Model 3B. taurus48–20.520.69–20.630.9680.2090.6680.076
B. primigenius5–20.810.37–20.920.7630.039N/AN/A
Hybrid10–20.930.76–20.940.8260.0300.8670.016
15NNormality tests
Genetic modelGenetic speciesNumber of samplesMeanStd devMedianShapiro-Wilk W-valueShapiro-Wilk p-valueAnderson-Darling A-valueAnderson-Darling p-value
AllModel 1B. taurus555.481.315.300.9150.0011.4240.001
B. primigenius175.060.994.700.8980.0620.7020.054
Model 2B. taurus525.511.335.300.9180.0021.3250.002
B. primigenius164.930.854.700.9140.1330.5570.126
Hybrid45.501.315.150.8770.326N/AN/A
Model 3B. taurus515.511.345.300.9180.0021.3240.002
B. primigenius114.770.814.500.8930.1510.5720.106
Hybrid105.400.995.100.8850.1480.4800.179
Northern (>42°N)Model 1B. taurus475.471.385.300.9030.0011.5180.001
B. primigenius115.261.054.900.8160.0150.8970.014
Model 2B. taurus445.511.415.300.9080.0021.3810.001
B. primigenius105.070.874.800.7990.0140.8750.015
Hybrid45.501.315.150.8770.326N/AN/A
Model 3B. taurus435.511.435.300.9070.0021.3790.001
B. primigenius54.870.884.500.7000.010N/AN/A
Hybrid105.400.995.100.8850.1480.4800.179
Appendix 3—table 4
Summary of Wilcoxon rank sum test results of comparisons of stable isotope data based on morphological characterisation (or morphological identification for published studies).
Wilcoxon rank sum test with continuity correction
Test comparisonW-valuep-Value
AllB. primigenius vs B. taurusModel 113C5160.524
15N3700.198
Model 213C4780.374
15N2980.089
Model 313C3420.261
15N1770.056
Northern onlyB. primigenius vs B. taurusModel 113C2370.379
15N2350.641
Model 213C2170.578
15N1780.349
Model 313C870.322
15N740.258

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  1. Torsten Günther
  2. Jacob Chisausky
  3. Ángeles M Galindo-Pellicena
  4. Eneko Iriarte
  5. Oscar Cortes Gardyn
  6. Paulina G Eusebi
  7. Rebeca García-González
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  9. Marta Moreno-García
  10. Alfonso Alday
  11. Manuel Rojo
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The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
eLife 13:RP93076.
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