Genomic Evidence for the Chinese Mountain Cat as a Wildcat Conspecific (Felis silvestris bieti) and Its Introgression to Domestic Cats
H. Yu, Y.-T. Xing, H. Meng, B. He, W.-J. Li, X.-Z. Qi, J.-Y. Zhao, Y. Zhuang, X. Xu, S. J. O'Brien, S.-J. Luo
The paper uses genomic data to classify the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat subspecies and finds no evidence of its role in domestic cat domestication in East Asia.
bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology