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2023

Journal article

Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats

Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As they did so, it is possible that they interbred with the indigenous population of European wildcats (Felis silvestris). Gene flow between incoming domestic animals and closely related indigenous wild species...

Jamieson, Alexandra ; Carmagnini, Alberto ; Howard-McCombe, Jo ; Doherty, Sean ; Hirons, Alexandra …
ancient DNA, cats, hybridization , and domestication
2023

Journal article

Genetic swamping of the critically endangered Scottish wildcat was recent and accelerated by disease

Howard-McCombe, Jo ; Jamieson, Alexandra ; Carmagnini, Alberto ; Russo, Isa-Rita M ; Ghazali, Muhammad …
hybridization, admixture , wildcat , conservation genetics, introgression , genetic swamping, local ancestry, and domestic cat