Journal article
Genetic nature of eastern wolves: Past, present and future
Abstract
Eastern North American wolves have long been recognized as morphologically distinct from both coyotes and gray wolves. This has led to questions regarding their origins and taxonomic status. Eastern wolves are mainly viewed as: (1) a smaller subspecies of gray wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), potentially the result of historical hybridization between gray wolves (C. lupus) and red wolves (C. rufus), (2) a hybrid, the result of gray wolf (C. lupus) …
Authors
Kyle CJ; Johnson AR; Patterson BR; Wilson PJ; Shami K; Grewal SK; White BN
Journal
Conservation Genetics, Vol. 7, No. 2,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2006
DOI
10.1007/s10592-006-9130-0
ISSN
1566-0621