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Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species. / Koepfli, K.-P.; Pollinger, J.; Godinho, R.; Robinson, J.; Lea, A.; Hendricks, S.; Schweizer, R.M.; Thalmann, O.; Silva, P.; Fan, Z.; Yurchenko, A.A.; Dobrynin, P.; Makunin, A.; Cahill, J.A.; Shapiro, B.; lvares, F.; Brito, J.C.; Geffen, E.; Leonard, J.A.; Helgen, K.M.; Johnson, W.E.; O'Brien, S.J.; Van Valkenburgh, B.; Wayne, R.K.

In: Current Biology, No. 16, 2015, p. 2158-2165.

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Koepfli, K-P, Pollinger, J, Godinho, R, Robinson, J, Lea, A, Hendricks, S, Schweizer, RM, Thalmann, O, Silva, P, Fan, Z, Yurchenko, AA, Dobrynin, P, Makunin, A, Cahill, JA, Shapiro, B, lvares, F, Brito, JC, Geffen, E, Leonard, JA, Helgen, KM, Johnson, WE, O'Brien, SJ, Van Valkenburgh, B & Wayne, RK 2015, 'Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species', Current Biology, no. 16, pp. 2158-2165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060

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Koepfli, K-P., Pollinger, J., Godinho, R., Robinson, J., Lea, A., Hendricks, S., Schweizer, R. M., Thalmann, O., Silva, P., Fan, Z., Yurchenko, A. A., Dobrynin, P., Makunin, A., Cahill, J. A., Shapiro, B., lvares, F., Brito, J. C., Geffen, E., Leonard, J. A., ... Wayne, R. K. (2015). Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species. Current Biology, (16), 2158-2165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060

Vancouver

Koepfli K-P, Pollinger J, Godinho R, Robinson J, Lea A, Hendricks S et al. Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species. Current Biology. 2015;(16):2158-2165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060

Author

Koepfli, K.-P. ; Pollinger, J. ; Godinho, R. ; Robinson, J. ; Lea, A. ; Hendricks, S. ; Schweizer, R.M. ; Thalmann, O. ; Silva, P. ; Fan, Z. ; Yurchenko, A.A. ; Dobrynin, P. ; Makunin, A. ; Cahill, J.A. ; Shapiro, B. ; lvares, F. ; Brito, J.C. ; Geffen, E. ; Leonard, J.A. ; Helgen, K.M. ; Johnson, W.E. ; O'Brien, S.J. ; Van Valkenburgh, B. ; Wayne, R.K. / Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species. In: Current Biology. 2015 ; No. 16. pp. 2158-2165.

BibTeX

@article{16ab385083f34426b0d370e26cd14e38,
title = "Genome-wide evidence reveals that African and Eurasian golden jackals are distinct species",
abstract = "{\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.The golden jackal of Africa (Canis aureus) has long been considered a conspecific of jackals distributed throughout Eurasia, with the nearest source populations in the Middle East. However, two recent reports found that mitochondrial haplotypes of some African golden jackals aligned more closely to gray wolves (Canis lupus) [1, 2], which is surprising given the absence of gray wolves in Africa and the phenotypic divergence between the two species. Moreover, these results imply the existence of a previously unrecognized phylogenetically distinct species despite a long history of taxonomic work on African canids. To test the distinct-species hypothesis and understand the evolutionary history that would account for this puzzling result, we analyzed extensive genomic data including mitochondrial genome sequences, sequences from 20 autosomal loci (17 introns and 3 exon segments), microsatellite loci, X- and Y-linked zinc-finger protein gene (ZFX and ZFY) sequences, and whole",
author = "K.-P. Koepfli and J. Pollinger and R. Godinho and J. Robinson and A. Lea and S. Hendricks and R.M. Schweizer and O. Thalmann and P. Silva and Z. Fan and A.A. Yurchenko and P. Dobrynin and A. Makunin and J.A. Cahill and B. Shapiro and F. lvares and J.C. Brito and E. Geffen and J.A. Leonard and K.M. Helgen and W.E. Johnson and S.J. O'Brien and {Van Valkenburgh}, B. and R.K. Wayne",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060",
language = "English",
pages = "2158--2165",
journal = "Current Biology",
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AU - Koepfli, K.-P.

AU - Pollinger, J.

AU - Godinho, R.

AU - Robinson, J.

AU - Lea, A.

AU - Hendricks, S.

AU - Schweizer, R.M.

AU - Thalmann, O.

AU - Silva, P.

AU - Fan, Z.

AU - Yurchenko, A.A.

AU - Dobrynin, P.

AU - Makunin, A.

AU - Cahill, J.A.

AU - Shapiro, B.

AU - lvares, F.

AU - Brito, J.C.

AU - Geffen, E.

AU - Leonard, J.A.

AU - Helgen, K.M.

AU - Johnson, W.E.

AU - O'Brien, S.J.

AU - Van Valkenburgh, B.

AU - Wayne, R.K.

PY - 2015

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N2 - © 2015 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.The golden jackal of Africa (Canis aureus) has long been considered a conspecific of jackals distributed throughout Eurasia, with the nearest source populations in the Middle East. However, two recent reports found that mitochondrial haplotypes of some African golden jackals aligned more closely to gray wolves (Canis lupus) [1, 2], which is surprising given the absence of gray wolves in Africa and the phenotypic divergence between the two species. Moreover, these results imply the existence of a previously unrecognized phylogenetically distinct species despite a long history of taxonomic work on African canids. To test the distinct-species hypothesis and understand the evolutionary history that would account for this puzzling result, we analyzed extensive genomic data including mitochondrial genome sequences, sequences from 20 autosomal loci (17 introns and 3 exon segments), microsatellite loci, X- and Y-linked zinc-finger protein gene (ZFX and ZFY) sequences, and whole

AB - © 2015 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.The golden jackal of Africa (Canis aureus) has long been considered a conspecific of jackals distributed throughout Eurasia, with the nearest source populations in the Middle East. However, two recent reports found that mitochondrial haplotypes of some African golden jackals aligned more closely to gray wolves (Canis lupus) [1, 2], which is surprising given the absence of gray wolves in Africa and the phenotypic divergence between the two species. Moreover, these results imply the existence of a previously unrecognized phylogenetically distinct species despite a long history of taxonomic work on African canids. To test the distinct-species hypothesis and understand the evolutionary history that would account for this puzzling result, we analyzed extensive genomic data including mitochondrial genome sequences, sequences from 20 autosomal loci (17 introns and 3 exon segments), microsatellite loci, X- and Y-linked zinc-finger protein gene (ZFX and ZFY) sequences, and whole

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