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8 summaries matching “panthera” in Taxonomy & Systematics on tiger
Genome-wide signatures of complex introgression and adaptive evolution in big cats
PaperThis genomic study sequenced multiple Panthera species and found pervasive evidence that gene flow between lineages, not just simple branching, shaped big cat evolution. The authors detected introgres…
Figueiro HV, Li G, Trindade FJ, et al. · Science Advances · 2017
Molecular evolution of mitochondrial sequences in the pantherine cats
PaperAn early molecular study of the big cats that used mitochondrial 12S rRNA and cytochrome b sequences to probe relationships within the Panthera group. This work was among the first to apply DNA sequen…
Janczewski DN, Modi WS, Stephens JC, O'Brien SJ · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1995
Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris)
PaperThis study analyzed mitochondrial and microsatellite markers from tigers across their range and provided the first comprehensive molecular framework supporting multiple traditional subspecies. The aut…
Luo SJ, Kim JH, Johnson WE, et al. · PLoS Biology · 2004
Planning tiger recovery: understanding intraspecific variation for effective conservation
PaperThis study argued that tigers are best treated as just two subspecies, a continental form and a Sunda-island form, rather than the traditional six or nine. Reanalyzing morphological, ecological, molec…
Wilting A, Courtiol A, Christiansen P, et al. · Science Advances · 2015
Research overview: the island tigers of Bali, Java, and Sumatra
OverviewThe Sunda islands once held three tiger populations, of which only the Sumatran survives; the Bali and Javan tigers are extinct. This overview examines how these island forms figure in tiger taxonomy.…
Research overview: the taxonomic and conservation status of the South China tiger
OverviewThe South China tiger, historically regarded as the stem population from which other tigers radiated, is functionally extinct in the wild and survives only in captivity. This overview examines its tax…
Supermatrix and species-tree methods resolve relationships within Panthera
PaperRelationships among the big cats long resisted resolution because of short internal branches and conflicting markers. This study assembled a large multi-gene dataset and applied both concatenated supe…
Davis BW, Li G, Murphy WJ · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2010
The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes
PaperThis study produced the first reference genome for the tiger and compared it with newly sequenced lion and snow leopard genomes to investigate big cat evolution and adaptation. The authors identified…
Cho YS, Hu L, Hou H, et al. · Nature Communications · 2013