Genomic Approaches Reveal an Endemic Subpopulation of Gray Wolves in Southern China

• Published in: iScience Vol. 20; pp. 110 - 118
• Main Authors: Wang, Guo-Dong, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Xuan, Yang, Melinda A., Cao, Peng, Liu, Feng, Lu, Heng, Feng, Xiaotian, Skoglund, Pontus, Wang, Lu, Fu, Qiaomei, Zhang, Ya-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 25.10.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Genomics; Evolutionary Biology; Biological Sciences; Genomics

Although gray wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the most widely distributed terrestrial mammals, their origins in China are not well understood. We sequenced six specimens from wolf skins, showing that gray wolves from Southern China (SC) derive from a single lineage, distinct from gray wolves from th...