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Birth of African Wildcat cloned kittens born from domestic cats
PaperThis study reported the successful cloning of an endangered small felid by somatic cell nuclear transfer using domestic cats as oocyte donors and surrogate mothers. Researchers transferred nuclei from…
Gomez MC, Pope CE, Giraldo A, Lyons LA, Harris RF, King AL, Cole A, Godke RA, Dresser BL · Cloning and Stem Cells · 2004
Craniological differentiation among European, African, and Asian wildcats
PaperThis morphological study measured wildcat skulls to test whether the European, African, and Asian wildcat groups differ consistently in cranial form. Analyzing museum specimens, the authors found that…
Yamaguchi N, Driscoll CA, Kitchener AC, et al. · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2004
Embryo technology in conservation efforts for endangered felids
PaperThis review synthesized progress in applying in vitro fertilization, embryo culture, embryo transfer, and cryopreservation to nondomestic cats, using the domestic cat as a research model. The author s…
Pope CE · Theriogenology · 2000
Research overview: desert ancestry of the domestic cat and retained water adaptations
OverviewThe domestic cat traces to a desert-adapted wild ancestor, and this overview reviews how that heritage shapes its water physiology today. Descended from the African wildcat of arid regions, domestic c…
Research overview: dietary niche partitioning among sympatric small cats
OverviewAn overview of how co-occurring small felids divide prey to coexist, a less-studied counterpart to big-cat guild ecology. Where species such as ocelots, margays, oncillas, jungle cats, leopard cats an…
Research overview: domestic cats as surrogates for wild felids
OverviewUsing domestic cats to gestate embryos of related wild species offers a practical surrogate system for conservation reproductive technology. This overview surveys the use of domestic cat recipients to…
Research overview: embryo transfer in the African wildcat
OverviewThe African wildcat, closely related to the domestic cat, has been a key species for demonstrating embryo transfer and related technologies in a wild felid. This overview surveys work in which African…
Research overview: genetic divergence between wildcats and domestic cats
OverviewDespite descending from wildcats only thousands of years ago, domestic cats differ subtly in genetics and behavior, and characterizing this divergence illuminates the domestication process. This overv…
Research overview: interspecies embryo transfer in felids
OverviewTransferring embryos of a rare cat into a more common related species as surrogate offers a way to produce offspring without risking the endangered female. This overview surveys interspecies embryo tr…
Research overview: somatic cell banking for felid conservation
OverviewBanking living somatic cells, such as skin fibroblasts, preserves an individual's full genome for potential future use in cloning or stem cell technologies. This overview surveys the collection, cultu…
Research overview: the African wildcat as ancestor of the domestic cat
OverviewGenetic and archaeological evidence converge on the African or Near Eastern wildcat, Felis lybica, as the sole wild ancestor of all domestic cats. This overview explains how the foundational phylogeog…
Research overview: the Felis silvestris wildcat species complex
OverviewThe wildcat complex is among the most taxonomically debated felid groups because of its broad range, clinal variation, and entanglement with the domestic cat. This overview surveys the complex's struc…
Research overview: the feral origin of island wildcat populations
OverviewWildcats on some Mediterranean islands, such as Sardinia, Corsica, and Crete, were long treated as native subspecies, but genetic studies suggest they descend from cats introduced by humans. This over…