Article
Ecological Specialization and Evolutionary Reticulation in Extant Hyaenidae.
Molecular biology and evolution - 23 Aug 2021
Westbury Michael V, Le Duc Diana, Duchêne David A, Krishnan Arunkumar, Prost Stefan, Rutschmann Sereina, Grau Jose H, Dalén Love, Weyrich Alexandra, Norén Karin, Werdelin Lars, Dalerum Fredrik, Schöneberg Torsten, Hofreiter Michael
Abstract excerpt
During the Miocene, Hyaenidae was a highly diverse family of Carnivora that has since been severely reduced to four species: the bone-cracking spotted, striped, and brown hyenas, and the specialized insectivorous aardwolf. Previous studies investigated the evolutionary histories of the spotted and brown hyenas, but little is known about the remaining two species. Moreover, the genomic underpinnings of scavenging...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Feeding Behavior
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Hyaenidae
- Male
- Population Density