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12 summaries matching “puma” in Taxonomy & Systematics
Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor)
PaperThis study used molecular markers to assess genetic variation across the puma's enormous range from Canada to Patagonia and found surprisingly low diversity in North America. The authors concluded tha…
Culver M, Johnson WE, Pecon-Slattery J, O'Brien SJ · Journal of Heredity · 2000
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: felid biogeography and the Great American Biotic Interchange
OverviewThe presence of cats in South America results from the Great American Biotic Interchange, when the Isthmus of Panama connected the Americas and allowed northern mammals to disperse south. This overvie…
Research overview: the Asian golden cat and its geographic variation
OverviewThe Asian golden cat, Catopuma temminckii, ranges across South and Southeast Asia and shows considerable variation in coat color and pattern, from plain golden to spotted and grey forms. This overview…
Research overview: the Florida panther, taxonomy and genetic rescue
OverviewThe Florida panther is an isolated, endangered puma population whose taxonomy and management illustrate how classification interacts with conservation genetics. This overview explains how the Florida…
Research overview: the bay cat lineage of Southeast Asia
OverviewThe bay cat lineage is one of the eight major felid lineages and comprises three Southeast Asian cats: the bay cat, the Asian golden cat, and the marbled cat. This overview surveys the lineage, placin…
Research overview: the eight lineages of living cats
OverviewMolecular phylogenetics partitions all living cats into eight monophyletic lineages, a framework that now organizes felid taxonomy. This overview names and characterizes them: the Panthera lineage (bi…
Research overview: the elusive Borneo bay cat
OverviewThe bay cat, Catopuma badia, is endemic to Borneo and among the least known of all cats, with very few observations or specimens. This overview examines its taxonomy, including its placement in the ba…
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…
Research overview: the reduction of puma subspecies from thirty-plus to six
OverviewThe puma once carried more than thirty named subspecies across its vast range, but molecular work drastically reduced this count. This overview explains how genetic analysis revealed that North Americ…
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
PaperThis influential study reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of all living cat species and dated their diversification, establishing the framework of eight major felid lineages used ever since. Using…
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al. · Science · 2006