Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

The past several years have witnessed an explosion of successful ancient human genome-
sequencing projects, with genomic-scale ancient DNA data sets now available for more than …

With the rapid development of space crawling robotics technology, tactile perception, a
significant source for the robot to sense the external environment, has become the preferred …

Toxoplasma gondii is a cyst-forming apicomplexan parasite of virtually all warm-blooded
species, with all true cats (Felidae) as definitive hosts. It is the etiologic agent of …

The domestic cat (Felis catus) numbers over 94 million in the USA alone, occupies
households as a companion animal, and, like humans, suffers from cancer and common and …

Free‐ranging domestic cats Felis catus, from owned pets to feral cats, impact biodiversity
through predation, fear effects, competition, disease and hybridization. Scientific knowledge …

Cats share a long history with humans but are remarkable among domesticated species in
largely retaining behavioural and reproductive independence from people. In many …

Formerly domesticated organisms and artificially selected genes often escape controlled
cultivation, but their subsequent evolution is not well studied. In this review, we examine …

Free-ranging cats (Felis catus) are globally distributed invasive carnivores that markedly
impact biodiversity. Here, to evaluate the potential threat of cats, we develop a …

With the advent of ancient DNA, as well as other methods such as isotope analysis,
destructive sampling of archaeofaunal remains has increased much faster than the effort to …