Global phylogeographic and admixture patterns in grey wolves and genetic legacy of an ancient Siberian lineage.

• Main Authors: Małgorzata Pilot, Moura, Andre E, Innokentiy M Okhlopkov, Mamaev, Nikolay V, Abdulaziz N Alagaili, Mohammed, Osama B, Yavruyan, Eduard G, Manaseryan, Ninna H, Hayrapetyan, Vahram, Kopaliani, Natia, Tsingarska, Elena, Krofel, Miha, Skoglund, Pontus, Wiesław Bogdanowicz
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Francis Crick Institute 2020
• Subjects: Genetics & Genomics; Infectious Disease; Ecology,Evolution & Ethology; Arctic; Kya; Taimyr; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25418/crick.11688297.v1; https://crick.figshare.com/articles/Global_phylogeographic_and_admixture_patterns_in_grey_wolves_and_genetic_legacy_of_an_ancient_Siberian_lineage_/11688297/1

The evolutionary relationships between extinct and extant lineages provide important insight into species' response to environmental change. The grey wolf is among the few Holarctic large carnivores that survived the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions, responding to that period's prof...