From the past to the present: Wolf phylogeography and demographic history based on the mitochondrial control region

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Erik Ersmark, Cornelya Klütsch, Yvonne L Chan, Mikkel-Holger S Sinding, Steven R Fain, Natalia A Illarionova, Mattias Oskarsson, Mathias Uhlén, Ya-ping Zhang, Love Dalén, Peter Savolainen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
• Subjects: Phylogeography; mtDNA; turnover; Canis lupus; Control region; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Greenland; Orion; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00134; https://doaj.org/article/a93fba3fc20344a88d169ed6a2064d6e

The global distribution of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) is a complex assembly consisting of a large number of populations and described subspecies. How these lineages are related to one another is still not fully resolved, largely due to the fact that large geographical regions remain poorly sampled...