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3 summaries matching “jaguarundi” in Taxonomy & Systematics
Genomic legacy of the African cheetah
PaperThis study sequenced the cheetah genome and documented its extreme genetic uniformity, a legacy of severe historical bottlenecks. The authors found very low genome-wide diversity, including in immune-…
Dobrynin P, Liu S, Tamazian G, et al. · Genome Biology · 2015
Research overview: the jaguarundi and its placement in the puma lineage
OverviewThe jaguarundi is an unusual, weasel-like small cat of the Americas whose taxonomy was clarified by molecular phylogenetics. This overview explains how genetic data placed the jaguarundi in the puma l…
Research overview: the puma lineage of cheetah, puma, and jaguarundi
OverviewOne of the eight felid lineages groups three superficially different cats: the puma, the cheetah, and the jaguarundi. This overview explains how molecular phylogenetics revealed this surprising relati…