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Hybrid Origin of Alpaca ( Vicugna pacos ) During Domestication of Camelids in the Mid‐HoloceneNARA Subscribed
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 species that...