Alexandra Jamieson
A5004571799- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Cyprus History, Politics, Society
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
University of Oxford
2018-2025
Oxford Archaeology
2018-2023
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2023
Kiel University
2021
University of Cambridge
2018
Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to what extent it was linked humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes found that all dogs share a common ancestry distinct from present-day wolves, with limited gene flow wolves since domestication substantial dog-to-wolf flow. By 11,000 years ago, at least five major lineages had diversified, demonstrating deep genetic of during Paleolithic. Coanalysis human reveals aspects mirror humans,...
Abstract The distribution of the black rat ( Rattus rattus ) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. dispersal history this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during Roman medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct population European rats, we first generate a de novo genome assembly rat. We then sequence 67 ancient three modern mitogenomes, 36 nuclear genomes from...
The European wildcat population in Scotland is considered critically endangered as a result of hybridization with introduced domestic cats,1,2 though the time frame over which this gene flow has taken place unknown. Here, using genome data from modern, museum, and ancient samples, we reconstructed trajectory dated decline local viable to severely hybridized. We demonstrate that although cats have been present Britain for 2,000 years,3 onset was only within last 70 years. Our analyses reveal...
Abstract The earliest cats in human settlements China were not domestic ( Felis catus ), but native leopard Prionailurus bengalensis ). To trace when and how arrived East Asia, we analyzed 22 feline bones from 14 sites across spanning 5,000 years. Nuclear mitochondrial genomes revealed that began occupying anthropogenic scenes around 5,400 years ago last appeared 150 CE. Following several centuries’ gap of archeological remains, the first known cat (706–883 CE) was identified Shaanxi during...
Despite the domestic cat's (Felis catus) close association with humans, timing and circumstances of its domestication subsequent introduction to Europe are unresolved. Domestication wild progenitor, African wildcat (F. lybica), is widely attributed emergence farming. Wildcats said have been attracted settled communities by rodent populations that were thriving within this new agricultural niche. Some claim even reached during Neolithic, though many credit Romans their dispersal. Through a...
Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As did so, it is possible that interbred indigenous population of European wildcats silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related wild species has been previously demonstrated in other taxa, including pigs, sheep, goats, bees, chickens, cattle. In case cats, a lack nuclear, genome-wide data, particularly wildcats, made difficult to either...
Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As did so, it is possible that interbred indigenous population of European wildcats silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related wild species has been previously demonstrated in other taxa including pigs, sheep, goats, bees, chickens cattle. In case cats, a lack nuclear, genome-wide data, particularly wildcats, made this possibility...
Abstract The distribution of the black rat ( Rattus rattus ) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. dispersal history this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during Roman medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct population European rats, we generated a de novo genome assembly rat, 67 ancient mitogenomes 36 nuclear genomes from sites spanning 1 st -17 th centuries CE Europe...