Genomic evidence for the Chinese mountain cat as a wildcat conspecific ( <i>Felis silvestris bieti</i> ) and its introgression to domestic cats
Yu He, Yue-Ting Xing, Hao Meng, Bing He, Wenjing Li, Xin-Zhang Qi, Jian-You Zhao, Yan Zhuang, Xiao Xu, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Carlos A. Driscoll, Stephen J. O’Brien, Shu‐Jin Luo
Abstract
and sympatric domestic cats that are likely recent Plateau arrivals, raises the prospect of disrupted wildcat genetic integrity, an issue with profound conservation implications.
Topics & Concepts
IntrogressionSympatric speciationSubspeciesFelisCATSBiologyZoologyFelis catusSympatryEvolutionary biologyEcologyGeneticsGenePredationMedicineInternal medicineHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationGenetic diversity and population structure