@article{fdi:010094235, title = {{A}ncient dog mitogenomes support the dual dispersal of dogs and agriculture into {S}outh {A}merica}, author = {{M}anin, {A}. and {D}ebruyne, {R}. and {L}in, {A}. {D}. and {L}ebrasseur, {O}ph{\'e}lie and {D}imopoulos, {E}. {A}. and {V}enanzi, {L}. {G}. and {C}harlton, {S}. and {S}carsbrook, {L}. and {H}ogan, {A}. and {L}inderholm, {A}. and {B}oyko, {A}. {R}. and {J}oncour, {P}. and {B}erón, {M}. and {G}onzález, {P}. and {C}astro, {J}. {C}. and {C}ornero, {S}. and {C}antarutti, {G}. and {M}endoza, {P}. {L}. and {M}artínez, {I}. and {E}spaña, {V}. {M}. and {P}avlovic, {D}. and {P}rates, {L}. and {P}revosti, {F}. and {R}ogan, {J}. and {O}yaneder, {A}. and {P}ower, {X}. and de{F}rance, {S}. and {W}ylde, {M}. and {G}utierrez, {B}. and {G}rouard, {S}. and {F}reiwald, {C}. and {A}we, {J}. {J}. and {E}bert, {C}. {E}. and {H}oggarth, {J}. {A}. and {E}quihua, {J}. {C}. and {P}ereira, {G}. and {P}arker, {H}. and {L}efevre, {C}. and {G}oepfert, {N}. and {O}strander, {E}. and {L}arson, {G}. and {F}rantz, {L}. and {H}itte, {C}. and {O}llivier, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}rchaeological and palaeogenomic data show that dogs were the only domestic animals introduced during the early peopling of the {A}mericas. {H}unter-gatherer groups spread quickly towards the south of the continent, but it is unclear when dogs reached {C}entral and {S}outh {A}merica. {T}o address this issue, we generated and analysed 70 complete mitochondrial genomes from archaeological and modern dogs ranging from {C}entral {M}exico to {C}entral {C}hile and {A}rgentina, revealing the dynamics of dog populations. {O}ur results demonstrate that pre-contact {C}entral and {S}outh {A}merican dogs are all assigned to a specific clade that diverged after dogs entered {N}orth {A}merica. {S}pecifically, the divergence time between {N}orth, {C}entral and {S}outh {A}merican dog clades is consistent with the spread of agriculture and the adoption of maize in {S}outh {A}merica between 7000 and 5000 years ago. {A}n isolation-by-distance best characterizes how dogs expanded into {S}outh {A}merica. {W}e identify the arrival of new lineages of dogs in post-contact {S}outh {A}merica, likely of {E}uropean origin, and their legacy in modern village dogs. {I}nterestingly, the pre-contact {M}esoamerican maternal origin of the {C}hihuahua has persisted in some modern individuals.}, keywords = {palaeogenomics ; phylogeography ; animal domestication ; migration ; archaeology ; {A}mericas ; {AMERIQUE} {DU} {SUD}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}roceedings of the {R}oyal {S}ociety {B} : {B}iological {S}ciences}, volume = {292}, numero = {2049}, pages = {20242443 [11 p.]}, ISSN = {0962-8452}, year = {2025}, DOI = {10.1098/rspb.2024.2443}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010094235}, }