Genomes of the extinct Sicilian wolf reveal a complex history of isolation and admixture with ancient dogs
Marta Maria Ciucani, Jazmín Ramos‐Madrigal, Germán Hernández‐Alonso, Alberto Carmagnini, Sabhrina Gita Aninta, Xin Sun, Camilla Hjorth Scharff‐Olsen, Liam Thomas Lanigan, Ilaria Fracasso, Cecilie Grønlund Clausen, Jouni O. Aspi, Ilpo Kojola, Laima Baltrūnaitė, Linas Balčiauskas, Jane Moore, , Shyam Gopalakrishnan
The paper analyzes the genomes of Sicilian wolves to reveal their complex history of isolation and admixture with ancient dogs, showing admixture with European dog breeds and signs of inbreeding.
iScience · Jul 10, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics