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4 summaries matching “multiple” in Felid Genetics & Evolution
Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Natural History and Adaptation in Tigers
PaperThis study sequenced genomes from tigers representing multiple subspecies to reconstruct their demographic history and detect local adaptation. The authors found that tigers share a recent common ance…
Yue-Chen Liu, Shu-Jin Luo, et al. · Current Biology · 2018
Molecular Genetics and Evolution of Melanism in the Cat Family
PaperThis influential study identified the molecular basis of black coats across multiple cat species and showed that melanism evolved independently several times in the family. The authors found that mela…
Eduardo Eizirik, Stephen J. O'Brien, et al. · Current Biology · 2003
Research overview: evidence for multiple bottlenecks in cheetah history
OverviewBeyond the terminal-Pleistocene crash, researchers have proposed that the cheetah experienced more than one demographic bottleneck, including a possible older, deeper reduction in the ancestral lineag…
The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication
PaperThis study traced the ancestry of the domestic cat by sampling wildcats across their range and comparing mitochondrial DNA from hundreds of wild and domestic individuals. The authors showed that all d…
Carlos A. Driscoll, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond, Stephen J. O'Brien, et al. · Science · 2007