Conservation genomics in perspective: A holistic approach to understanding Canis evolution in North America

Biological Conservation

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-192

  Rutledge, Linda Y ^a   Wilson, Paul J ^a   Klütsch, Cornelya F C ^a   Patterson, Brent R ^a   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern wolf; Endangered species; Evolution; Genomics; Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLICY MAKING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); WILD POPULATION;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84863844941     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.017     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Berger K.M., Gese E.M. Does interference competition with wolves limit the distribution and abundance of coyotes?. J. Anim. Ecol. 2007, 76:1075-1085.
2. Clark A.G., Hubisz M.J., Bustamante C.D., Williamson S.H., Nielsen R. Ascertainment bias in studies of human genome-wide polymorphism. Genome Res. 2005, 15:1496-1502.
3. Darwin, C. 1859. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London.
4. DeKay J.E. Natural History of New York, Part I. Mammalia 1842, Appleton, New York.
5. Fain S.R., Straughan D.J., Taylor B.F. Genetic outcomes of wolf recovery in the western Great Lakes states. Conserv. Genet. 2010, 11:1747-1765.
6. Gascuel O. BIONJ: An improved version of the NH algorithm based on a simple nodel of sequence data. Mol. Biol. Evol. 1997, 14:685-695.
7. Grewal S.K., Wilson P.J., Kung T.K., Shami K., Theberge M.T., Theberge J.B., White B.N. A genetic assessment of the eastern wolf (Canis lycaon) in Algonquin Provincial Park. J. Mammal. 2004, 85:625-632.
8. Hedrick P.W., Fredrickson R.J. Captive breeding and the reintroduction of Mexican and red wolves. Mol. Ecol. 2008, 17:344-350.
9. Helyar S.J., Hemmer-Hansen J., Bekkevold D., Taylor M.I., Ogden R., Limborg M.T., Cariani A., Maes G.E., Diopere E., Carvalho G.R., Nielsen E.E. Application of SNPs for population genetics of nonmodel organisms: new opportunities and challenges. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 2011, 1(Suppl. 11):123-126.
10. Jombart T., Ahmed I. Adegenet 1.3-1: new tools for the analysis of genome-wide SNP data. Bioinformatics 2011, 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr521.
11. Josselyn, J. 1672. New-England Rarities Discovered. Applewood Books, Bedford, Massachusetts.
12. Kays R., Curtis A., Kirchman J.J. Rapid adaptive evolution of northeastern coyotes via hybridization with wolves. Biol. Lett. 2010, 6:89-93.
13. Kolenosky G.B. Hybridization between wolf and coyote. J. Mammal. 1971, 52:446-449.
14. Kolenosky G.B., Standfield R.O. Morphological and ecological variation among gray wolves Canis lupus) of Ontario, Canada. The Wild Canids 1975, 62-72. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. M.R. Fox (Ed.).
15. Mech L.D. Non-genetic data supporting genetic evidence for the eastern wolf. Northeast. Nat. 2012, 18:521-526.
16. Morin P., Luikart G., Wayne R.K. SNPs in ecology, evolution and conservation. Trends Ecol. Evolut. 2004, 19:208-216. SNP Workshop Group.
17. Nevado B., Koblmüller S., Sturmbauer C., Snoeks J., Usano-Alemany J., Verheyen E. Complete mitochondrial DNA replacement in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish. Mol. Ecol. 2009, 18:4240-4255.
18. Nielsen R., Hubisz M.J., Clark A.G. Reconstituting the frequency spectrum of ascertained single-nucleotide polymorphism data. Genetics 2004, 168:2373-2382.
19. Nowak, R.M. 1979. North American Quaternary Canis. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Monograph No. 6.
20. Nowak R.M. The original status of wolves in eastern North America. Southeast. Nat. 2002, 1:95-130.
21. R Development Core Team 2011. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. ISBN 3-900051-07-0. <>. http://www.R-project.org.
22. Rutledge L.Y., Garroway C.J., Loveless K.M., Patterson B.R. Genetic differentiation of eastern wolves in Algonquin park despite bridging gene flow between coyotes and grey wolves. Heredity 2010, 105:520-531.
23. Rutledge L.Y., Patterson B.R., White B.N. Analysis of Canis mitochondrial DNA demonstrates high concordance between the control region and ATPase genes. BMC Evol. Biol. 2010, 10:215. 10.1186/1471-2148-10-215.
24. Rutledge L.Y., Bos K.I., Pearce R.J., White B.N. Genetic and morphometric analysis of sixteenth century Canis skull fragments: implications for historic eastern and gray wolf distribution in North America. Conserv. Genet. 2010, 11:1273-1281.
25. Rutledge L.Y., White B.N., Row J.R., Patterson B.R. Intense harvesting of eastern wolves facilitated hybridization with coyotes. Ecol. Evol. 2011, 2:19-33. 10.1002/ece3.61.
26. Satkoski Trask J.A., Malhi R.S., Kanthaswamy S., Johnson J., Garnica W.T., Malladi V.S., Smith D.G. The effect of SNP discovery method and sample size on estimation of population genetic data for Chines and Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Primates 2011, 52:129-138.
27. Schlötterer C. The evolution of molecular markers - just a matter of fashion?. Nat. Rev. Genet. 2004, 5:63-70.
28. Schmitz O.J., Kolenosky G.B. Wolves and coyotes in Ontario: morphological relationships and origins. Can. J. Zool. 1985, 63:1130-1137.
29. Seddon J.M., Parker H.G., Ostrander E.A., Ellegren H. SNPs in ecological and conservation studies: a test in the Scandinavian wolf population. Mol. Ecol. 2005, 14:503-511.
30. Thiel R.P. Conditions for sexual interactions between wild gray wolves, Canis lupus, and coyotes, Canis latrans. Can. Field. Nat. 2006, 120:27-30.
31. US Fish & Wildlife Service Press Release. 2011a. Accessed February 16, 2012. <>. http://us.vocuspr.com/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=fws&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=115700&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=True.
32. US Fish & Wildlife Service Press Release. 2011b. Accessed February 16, 2012. <>. http://us.vocuspr.com/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=fws&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=129199&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=.
33. USFWS. Personal Communication. US Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program. E-mail communication from Rick Sayers, May 21, 2012.
34. vonHoldt B.M., Pollinger J.P., Earl D.A., Knowles J.C., Boyko A.R., Parker H., Geffen E., Pilot M., Jedrzejewski W., Jedrzejewska B., et al. A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Res. 2011, 21:1294-1305.
35. Way J.G., Rutledge L., Wheeldon T., White B.N. Genetic characterization of eastern " Coyotes" in eastern Massachusetts. Northeast. Nat. 2010, 17:189-204.
36. Wheeldon T. 2009. Genetic characterization of Canis populations in the western Great Lakes region. MSc thesis. Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada. p. 120.
37. Wheeldon T., White B.N. Genetic analysis of historic western Great Lakes region wolf samples reveals early Canis lupus/lycaon hybridization. Biol. Lett. 2009, 5:101-104.
38. Wheeldon T., Patterson B., White B. Colonization history and ancestry of northeastern coyotes. Biol. Lett. 2010, 6:246-247.
39. Wheeldon T.J., Patterson B.R., White B.N. Sympatric wolf and coyote populations of the western Great Lakes region are reproductively isolated. Mol. Ecol. 2010, 20:4428-4440.
40. Wilson P.J., Grewal S., Lawford I.D., Heal J.N.M., Granacki A.G., Pennock D., Theberge J.B., Theberge M.T., Voigt D.R., Waddell W., et al. DNA profiles of the eastern Canadian wolf and the red wolf provide evidence for a common evolutionary history independent of the gray wolf. Can. J. Zool. 2000, 78:2156-2166.
41. Wilson P.J., Grewal S.K., Mallory F.F., White B.N. Genetic characterization of hybrid wolves across Ontario. J. Hered. 2009, 100:S80-89.
42. Wilson, P.J., Rutledge, L.Y., Wheeldon, T.J., Patterson, B.R., White, B.N. in Press. Y-Chromosome evidence supports widespread signatures of three-species Canis hybridization in eastern North America. Ecol. Evol.