尼安德特人的行为,饮食和疾病是从古代DNA推断出来的
Laura S Weyrich1, Sebastian Duchene2, Julien Soubrier1
1Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences and The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Nature
|March 9, 2017
概括
尼安德特人的牙斑DNA显示出不同的饮食和区域适应性. 分析发现比利时的肉类饮食和西班牙的植物性饮食影响了口腔微生物群和健康洞察力.
科学领域:
- 古遗传学
- 古生态学
- 微生物进化
背景情况:
- 基因组数据显示尼安德特人与现代人类的相互作用, 但对尼安德特人的行为,饮食和疾病的遗传洞察力是有限的.
- 牙微积分DNA提供了一个独特的窗口到古代人类的生活.
研究的目的:
- 分析尼安德特人的古老DNA, 了解他们的饮食,行为和健康状况.
- 研究尼安德特人种群的区域生态差异.
主要方法:
- 从五个尼安德特人牙样本中测序古老的DNA.
- 用于描述口腔微生物群和识别病原体的基因组分析.
- 这是迄今为止最古老的微生物基因组草案.
主要成果:
- 观察到区域性饮食差异:比利时斯皮洞穴的肉类 (犀牛,);西班牙西德隆洞穴的植物性 (,松子,).
- 与不同的口腔细菌群体 (微生物群) 相关联的饮食变异.
- 一个患有胃肠病原体和牙的El Sidrón个体的自我治疗的证据;几乎完整的*Methanobrevibacter oralis*基因组测序.
结论:
- DNA 是重建尼安德特人的行为,健康和生态的宝贵来源.
- 饮食显著影响了尼安德特人口腔微生物组成.
- 这项研究提供了关于古人类健康和长期微生物进化的见解.
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