Comparing wolves and dogs: current status and implications for human 'self-domestication'

F Range, S Marshall-Pescini - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Based on claims that dogs are less aggressive and show more sophisticated socio-cognitive
skills compared with wolves, dog domestication has been invoked to support the idea that …

Wolf population genetics in E urope: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and suggestions for conservation and management

M Hindrikson, J Remm, M Pilot, R Godinho… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The grey wolf (C anis lupus) is an iconic large carnivore that has increasingly been
recognized as an apex predator with intrinsic value and a keystone species. However …

Stochastic hybrid discrete grey wolf optimizer for multi-objective disassembly sequencing and line balancing planning in disassembling multiple products

X Guo, Z Zhang, L Qi, S Liu, Y Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recycling, reusing, and remanufacturing of end-of-life (EOL) products have been receiving
increasing attention. They effectively preserve the ecological environment and promote the …

Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors and admixture into high-latitude breeds

P Skoglund, E Ersmark, E Palkopoulou, L Dalén - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
The origin of domestic dogs is poorly understood [1–15], with suggested evidence of dog-
like features in fossils that predate the Last Glacial Maximum [6, 9, 10, 14, 16] conflicting with …

Worldwide patterns of genomic variation and admixture in gray wolves

Z Fan, P Silva, I Gronau, S Wang, AS Armero… - Genome …, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is a widely distributed top predator and ancestor of the domestic
dog. To address questions about wolf relationships to each other and dogs, we assembled …

Palaeolithic dog skulls at the Gravettian Předmostí site, the Czech Republic

M Germonpré, M Lázničková-Galetová… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Whether or not the wolf was domesticated during the early Upper Palaeolithic remains a
controversial issue. We carried out detailed analyses of the skull material from the Gravettian …

From high masked to high realized genetic load in inbred Scandinavian wolves

L Smeds, H Ellegren - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When new mutations arise at functional sites they are more likely to impair than improve
fitness. If not removed by purifying selection, such deleterious mutations will generate a …

Genomic patterns in the widespread Eurasian lynx shaped by Late Quaternary climatic fluctuations and anthropogenic impacts

M Lucena‐Perez, E Marmesat… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Disentangling the contribution of long‐term evolutionary processes and recent
anthropogenic impacts to current genetic patterns of wildlife species is key to assessing …

The wayward dog: is the Australian native dog or dingo a distinct species?

SM Jackson, CP Groves, PJS Fleming, KP Aplin… - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
The taxonomic identity and status of the Australian Dingo has been unsettled and
controversial since its initial description in 1792. Since that time it has been referred to by …

Multilocus Detection of Wolf x Dog Hybridization in Italy, and Guidelines for Marker Selection

E Randi, P Hulva, E Fabbri, M Galaverni, A Galov… - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Hybridization and introgression can impact the evolution of natural populations. Several wild
canid species hybridize in nature, sometimes originating new taxa. However, hybridization …