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Extinct Dalian horse as a genetic bridge between Late Pleistocene North American and Eurasian equids.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 27 May 2026
Song Shiwen, Xiao Bo, Xing Fancheng, Qi Lin, Bao Lei, Hou Yamei, Zhang Yuan, Zheng Mingmin, Hu Jiaming, Zheng Lingyu, Yu Dongqi, Deng Tao, Hofreiter Michael, Lai Xulong, Yuan Junxia, Sheng Guilian
Abstract excerpt
Pleistocene caballine horses exhibited considerable genetic diversity and maintained broad population connectivity across their range. The extinct Dalian horse (Equus dalianensis) from northeastern China likely contributed to this network. Here, we sequenced 20 complete mitochondrial and two nuclear genomes, establishing the Dalian horse as a distinct genetic clade within Northeast Eurasian caballines and...
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