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The Near Eastern origin of cat domestication
PaperThis landmark study sampled wildcats across Europe, Africa, and Asia and used mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites to define the structure of the Felis silvestris complex and pinpoint the ancestry of…
Driscoll CA, Menotti-Raymond M, Roca AL, et al. · Science · 2007
The Taming of the Cat: an accessible synthesis of wildcat ancestry and domestication
ReviewThis widely read popular-science synthesis distilled the molecular findings on wildcat systematics and cat domestication for a general audience. Written by researchers central to the foundational wild…
Driscoll CA, Clutton-Brock J, Kitchener AC, O'Brien SJ · Scientific American · 2009
The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States
PaperThis landmark quantitative synthesis estimated that free-ranging domestic cats kill billions of birds and many billions of mammals annually in the United States, identifying them as among the largest…
Loss SR, Will T, Marra PP · Nature Communications · 2013
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic cats
PaperThis study demonstrated efficient airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between domestic cats under experimental conditions. Cats inoculated with the virus passed it to co-housed naive cats without dire…
P. J. Halfmann, M. Hatta, S. Chiba, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2020