Inter-species hybridization among Neotropical cats of the genus Leopardus, and evidence for an introgressive hybrid zone between L. geoffroyi and L. tigrinus in southern Brazil

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4317-4333

  Trigo, T C ^a   Freitas, T R O ^a   Kunzler, G ^b   Cardoso, L ^b   Silva, J C R ^c,d,e   Johnson, W E ^f   O'Brien, S J ^f   Bonatto, S L ^b   Eizirik, E ^b,f,g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Associacao Mata Ciliar   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação Tríade São Paulo   (Brazil)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Hybridization; Introgression; Leopardus geoffroyi; Leopardus tigrinus; South America

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CROSS BREEDING; FELIDAE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FELIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; LEOPARDUS; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; MAMMALIA; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI;

EID: 52649103911     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03919.x     Document Type: Article

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