Journal article
Y‐chromosome evidence supports widespread signatures of three‐species Canis hybridization in eastern North America
Abstract
There has been considerable discussion on the origin of the red wolf and eastern wolf and their evolution independent of the gray wolf. We analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and a Y-chromosome intron sequence in combination with Y-chromosome microsatellites from wolves and coyotes within the range of extensive wolf-coyote hybridization, that is, eastern North America. The detection of divergent Y-chromosome haplotypes in the historic range of …
Authors
Wilson PJ; Rutledge LY; Wheeldon TJ; Patterson BR; White BN
Journal
Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 2325–2332
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
9 2012
DOI
10.1002/ece3.301
ISSN
2045-7758