Article
A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids.
Genome research - 1 Aug 2011
vonHoldt Bridgett M, Pollinger John P, Earl Dent A, Knowles James C, Boyko Adam R, Parker Heidi, Geffen Eli, Pilot Malgorzata, Jedrzejewski Wlodzimierz, Jedrzejewska Bogumila, Sidorovich Vadim, Greco Claudia, Randi Ettore, Musiani Marco, Kays Roland, Bustamante Carlos D, Ostrander Elaine A, Novembre John, Wayne Robert K
Abstract excerpt
High-throughput genotyping technologies developed for model species can potentially increase the resolution of demographic history and ancestry in wild relatives. We use a SNP genotyping microarray developed for the domestic dog to assay variation in over 48K loci in wolf-like species worldwide. Despite the high mobility of these large carnivores, we find distinct hierarchical population units within gray wolves...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Canidae
- Coyotes
- Dogs
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genome
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Hybridization, Genetic