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Abstract：
Central Asia has been an important region connecting the different parts of Eurasia throughout history and prehistory, with large states developing in this region during the Iron Age. Archaeogenomics is a powerful addition to the zooarchaeological toolkit for understanding the relation of these societies to animals. Here, we present the genetic identification of a goitered gazelle specimen (Gazella subgutturosa) at the site Gazimulla-Tepa, in modern-day Uzbekistan, supporting hunting of the species in the region during the Iron Age. The sample was directly radiocarbon dated to 2724-2439 calBP. A phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome places the individual into the modern variation of G. subgutturosa. Our data do represent both the first ancient DNA and the first nuclear DNA sequences of this species. The lack of genomic resources available for this gazelle and related species prevented us from performing a more in-depth analysis of the nuclear sequences generated. Therefore, we are making our sequence data available to the research community to facilitate other research of this nowadays threatened species which has been subject to human hunting for several millennia across its entire range on the Asian continent.
摘要：
在整个历史和史前史上，中亚一直是连接欧亚大陆不同地区的重要地区，在铁器时代，该地区正在发展大国。考古基因组学是对动物考古工具包的有力补充，用于了解这些社会与动物的关系。这里,我们介绍了Gazimulla-Tepa站点上的短叫瞪羚标本（Gazellasubgutturosa）的遗传鉴定，在现代乌兹别克斯坦，在铁器时代支持该地区物种的狩猎。样品直接放射性碳，日期为2724-2439calBP。线粒体基因组的系统发育分析将个体置于G.subguturosa的现代变异中。我们的数据确实代表了该物种的第一个古代DNA和第一个核DNA序列。缺乏可用于这种瞪羚和相关物种的基因组资源，使我们无法对产生的核序列进行更深入的分析。因此,我们正在向研究界提供我们的序列数据，以促进对这种如今受到威胁的物种的其他研究，这些物种在亚洲大陆的整个范围内已经受到人类狩猎的影响。
