Nowadays, the coexistence between humans and domestic animals (especially dogs and
cats) has become a common scenario of daily life. Consequently, during a forensic …

Simple Summary Numerous breeds have been identified in the domestic cat, grouped
according to their phylogenetic or geographical origin. In the cat, the AB blood group system …

Cat domestication likely initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats (Felis
silvestris subspecies) and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile …

The ancient Egyptians mummified an abundance of cats during the Late Period (664–332
BC). The overlapping morphology and sizes of developing wildcats and domestic cats …

Varieties of genetic tests are currently available for the domestic cat that support veterinary
health care, breed management, species identification, and forensic investigations …

This review highlights the importance of domestic animal genetic evidence sources, genetic
testing, markers and analytical approaches as well as the challenges this field is facing in …

Background As a population genetic tool, mitochondrial DNA is commonly divided into the~
1-kb control region (CR), in which single nucleotide variant (SNV) diversity is relatively high …

Hair shed by domestic cats is a potentially useful source of forensic evidence. Analysable
hair DNA is predominantly mitochondrial, but the recent domestication history of cats means …

Background Erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency (PK deficiency) is an inherited hemolytic
anemia that has been documented in the Abyssinian and Somali breeds as well as random …

Shed hair from domestic animals readily adheres to clothing and other contact items,
providing a source of transfer evidence for criminal investigations. Mitochondrial DNA is …