Humans have domesticated hundreds of animal and plant species for thousands of years.
Artwork, archeological finds, recorded accounts, and other primary sources can provide …

Little is known about the genetic changes that distinguish domestic cat populations from
their wild progenitors. Here we describe a high-quality domestic cat reference genome …

Inter-species hybridization has been recently recognized as potentially common in wild
animals, but the extent to which it shapes modern genomes is still poorly understood …

Preserving natural genetic diversity and ecological function of wild species is a central goal
in conservation biology. As such, anthropogenic hybridization is considered a threat to wild …

The genomic era has led to an unprecedented increase in the availability of genome‐wide
data for a broad range of taxa. Wildlife management strives to make use of these vast …

The degree of introgressive hybridization between the Scottish wildcat and domestic cat has
long been suspected to be advanced. Here, we use a 35‐SNP‐marker test, designed to …

Hybridisation between wild taxa and their domestic congeners is a significant conservation
issue. Domestic species frequently outnumber their wild relatives in population size and …

The field of conservation genetics is in the midst of transitioning from microsatellites to single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as part of a broader transition from genetic to genomic …

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic Chinese mountain cat has a controversial taxonomic
status, whether it is a true species or a wildcat (Felis silvestris) subspecies and whether it …

The survival of indigenous European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) populations can be
locally threatened by introgressive hybridization with free-ranging domestic cats. Identifying …