Over the past twenty years conservation genetics has progressed from being mainly a theory-
based field of population biology to a full-grown empirical discipline. Technological …

Top‐order predators often have positive effects on biological diversity owing to their key
functional roles in regulating trophic cascades and other ecological processes. Their loss …

The grey wolf (C anis lupus) is an iconic large carnivore that has increasingly been
recognized as an apex predator with intrinsic value and a keystone species. However …

The widespread occurrence of free‐ranging domestic or feral carnivores (dogs, cats) or
ungulates (pigs, goats), and massive releases of captive‐reproduced game stocks …

Interbreeding between domesticated and wild animals occurs in several species. This gene
flow has long been anticipated to induce genetic changes in life-history traits of wild …

Whether or not the wolf was domesticated during the early Upper Palaeolithic remains a
controversial issue. We carried out detailed analyses of the skull material from the Gravettian …

This book traces the evolution of the dog, from its origins about 15,000 years ago up to
recent times. The timing of dog domestication receives attention, with comparisons between …

The release of domesticated conspecifics into the natural environment, whether deliberate
or accidental, has the potential to alter the genetic integrity and evolutionary trajectory of wild …

Extensive genetic resources and a high-quality genome sequence position the dog as an
important model species for understanding genome evolution, population genetics and …

Hybridization between wild species and their domestic counterparts may represent a major
threat to natural populations. However, high genetic similarity between the hybridizing taxa …