Abstract Background The international Dog10K project aims to sequence and analyze
several thousand canine genomes. Incorporating 20× data from 1987 individuals, including …

Background By using a historical approach we attempt to answer the question of whether
the “dogs” of Fuegian and Patagonian peoples are a domesticated dog (Canis lupus …

Colonization of a new environment may trigger an evolutionary radiation, defined as an
accelerated accumulation of species in a short period of time. However, how often …

Sarcocystis spp. are coccidian protozoans belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum. As with
other members of this phylum, they are obligate intracellular parasites with complex cellular …

Understanding the drivers of speciation is fundamental in evolutionary biology, and recent
studies highlight hybridization as an important evolutionary force. Using whole-genome …

Even in the genomics era, the phylogeny of Neotropical small felids comprised in the genus
Leopardus remains contentious. We used whole-genome resequencing data to construct a …

The divergence between the Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) and the South American
gray fox (L. griseus) represents a recent speciation event in South America. These taxa are …

Inferring past demographic history of natural populations from genomic data is of central
concern in many studies across research fields. Previously, our group had developed dadi …

Cerdocyonina is a clade composed by the South‐American canids in which the bush dog
(Speothos venaticus) is one of the most elusive species. Known for its unique morphology …

Similar to other insular birds around the world, the Galapagos rail (Laterallus spilonota
Gould, 1841) exhibits reduced flight capacity following its colonization of the archipelago …