Ancient divergence of Indian and Tibetan wolves revealed by recombination‐aware phylogenomics
@article{Hennelly2021AncientDO, title={Ancient divergence of Indian and Tibetan wolves revealed by recombination‐aware phylogenomics}, author={Lauren M Hennelly and Bilal Habib and Shrushti Modi and Eli Knispel Rueness and Philippe Gaubert and Benjamin N. Sacks}, journal={Molecular Ecology}, year={2021}, volume={30}, pages={6687 - 6700} }
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) expanded its range across Holarctic regions during the late Pleistocene. Consequently, most grey wolves share recent (<100,000 years ago) maternal origins corresponding to a widespread Holarctic clade. However, two deeply divergent (200,000–700,000 years ago) mitochondrial clades are restricted, respectively, to the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau, where remaining wolves are endangered. No genome‐wide analysis had previously included wolves corresponding…
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