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Death by sex in an Australian icon: a continent-wide survey reveals extensive hybridization between dingoes and domestic dogs.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2015
Stephens Danielle, Wilton Alan N, Fleming Peter J S, Berry Oliver
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Hybridization between domesticated animals and their wild counterparts can disrupt adaptive gene combinations, reduce genetic diversity, extinguish wild populations and change ecosystem function. The dingo is a free-ranging dog that is an iconic apex predator and distributed throughout most of mainland Australia. Dingoes readily hybridize with domestic dogs, and in many Australian jurisdictions, distinct...
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