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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
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 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 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…