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Hybrid Origin of Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) During Domestication of Camelids in the Mid-Holocene.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2025

Wang Zefu, Li Jialiang, Gu Zhongru, Chen Chunlin, Wang Ji, Guo Zhonglong, Marín Juan Carlos, Zhan Xiangjiang, Liu Jianquan

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Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a large camelid that originated in South America. However, its evolutionary origin is debated, with hypotheses suggesting domestication from vicuña (V. vicugna) or guanaco (Lama guanicoe) or descent from extinct wild species with introgression from these two camelids. We show by means of phylogenetic, population and demographic genomic analyses, that the alpaca is a homoploid hybrid...

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Animals
Domestication
Hybridization, Genetic
Phylogeny
Camelids, New World
South America

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Genetics, Population

Gene Flow

Biological Evolution

Camelidae

Alleles

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PMID: 41168972
DOI: 10.1111/mec.70167

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