Genetic past, present, and future of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States of America

MH Carpenter, BA Harpur - Apidologie, 2021 - Springer
Humans have domesticated hundreds of animal and plant species for thousands of years.
Artwork, archeological finds, recorded accounts, and other primary sources can provide …

Fido, Fluffy, and wildlife conservation: The environmental consequences of domesticated animals

WM Twardek, KS Peiman, AJ Gallagher… - Environmental …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Humans have created a strong relationship with cats and dogs by domesticating them.
Whether owned by a human or living feral, modern domestic cats and dogs interact …

Merging morphological and genetic evidence to assess hybridization in Western Eurasian late Pleistocene hominins

K Harvati, RR Ackermann - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - nature.com
Previous scientific consensus saw human evolution as defined by adaptive differences
(behavioural and/or biological) and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the ultimate …

Comparative performance of popular methods for hybrid detection using genomic data

S Kong, LS Kubatko - Systematic Biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Interspecific hybridization is an important evolutionary phenomenon that generates genetic
variability in a population and fosters species diversity in nature. The availability of large …

Spatial risk model and mitigation implications for wolf–human conflict in a highly modified agroecosystem in western Iran

N Behdarvand, M Kaboli, M Ahmadi, E Nourani… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human–carnivore conflict is hampering carnivore conservation worldwide. Conflicts
between humans and wolves (Canis lupus) in western Iran, especially Hamedan province …

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 …

European agreements for nature conservation need to explicitly address wolf-dog hybridisation

V Salvatori, V Donfrancesco, A Trouwborst… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hybridisation between wolves and dogs is increasingly reported in Europe. Nonetheless, no
systematic survey has ever been attempted at the continental scale. We made the first …

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 …

Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe

V Donfrancesco, P Ciucci, V Salvatori… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic hybridization is widely perceived as a threat to the conservation of
biodiversity. Nevertheless, to date, relevant policy and management interventions are …

Rediscovering a forgotten canid species

S Viranta, A Atickem, L Werdelin, NC Stenseth - BMC Zoology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The African wolf, for which we herein recognise Canis lupaster
Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 (Symbolae Physicae quae ex Itinere Africam Borealem er …