[HTML][HTML] Trophic overlap between wolves and free-ranging wolf× dog hybrids in the Apennine Mountains, Italy

E Bassi, A Canu, I Firmo, L Mattioli, M Scandura… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hybridization between wolves (Canis lupus) and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) can
represent a threat to wild populations via genetic introgression and ecological competition …

High levels of recent wolf× dog introgressive hybridization in agricultural landscapes of central Italy

V Salvatori, R Godinho, C Braschi, L Boitani… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Representing a form of anthropogenic hybridization, wolf–dog interbreeding may potentially
compromise the ecological and evolutionary traits of local wolf populations and corrode …

Wolf-dog crossbreeding:“Smelling” a hybrid may not be easy

R Lorenzini, R Fanelli, G Grifoni, F Scholl, R Fico - Mammalian Biology, 2014 - Springer
Crossbreeding between wolves (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758) and domestic dogs is raising
as an emerging, potential threat to the conservation of wolf populations. Concern has been …

[HTML][HTML] Bucking the trend in wolf-dog hybridization: first evidence from Europe of hybridization between female dogs and male wolves

M Hindrikson, P Männil, J Ozolins, A Krzywinski… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Studies on hybridization have proved critical for understanding key evolutionary processes
such as speciation and adaptation. However, from the perspective of conservation …

Detecting introgressive hybridization between free‐ranging domestic dogs and wild wolves (Canis lupus) by admixture linkage disequilibrium analysis

A Verardi, V Lucchini, E Randi - Molecular ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Occasional crossbreeding between free‐ranging domestic dogs and wild wolves (Canis
lupus) has been detected in some European countries by mitochondrial DNA sequencing …

Genetic evidence for multiple events of hybridization between wolves and domestic dogs in the Iberian Peninsula

R Godinho, L Llaneza, JC Blanco, S Lopes… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization between wild species and their domestic counterparts may represent a major
threat to natural populations. However, high genetic similarity between the hybridizing taxa …

Widespread, long‐term admixture between grey wolves and domestic dogs across Eurasia and its implications for the conservation status of hybrids

M Pilot, C Greco, BM vonHoldt, E Randi… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridisation between a domesticated species and its wild ancestor is an important
conservation problem, especially if it results in the introgression of domestic gene variants …

Hybridization between wolf and domestic dog: First evidence from an endangered population in central Portugal

RT Torres, E Ferreira, RG Rocha, C Fonseca - Mammalian Biology, 2017 - Springer
Human population expansion has promoted contact between wildlife and domestic animals
with severe ecological consequences, such as anthropogenic hybridization. In Portugal …

[HTML][HTML] Multilocus Detection of Wolf x Dog Hybridization in Italy, and Guidelines for Marker Selection

E Randi, P Hulva, E Fabbri, M Galaverni, A Galov… - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hybridization and introgression can impact the evolution of natural populations. Several wild
canid species hybridize in nature, sometimes originating new taxa. However, hybridization …

Disentangling timing of admixture, patterns of introgression, and phenotypic indicators in a hybridizing wolf population

M Galaverni, R Caniglia, L Pagani… - Molecular Biology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization is a natural or anthropogenic process that can deeply affect the genetic make-
up of populations, possibly decreasing individual fitness but sometimes favoring local …