First evidence of hybridization between golden jackal (Canis aureus) and domestic dog (Canis familiaris) as revealed by genetic markers

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Galov, Ana ^a   Fabbri2,, Elena ^b   Caniglia, Romolo ^b   Arbanasić, Haidi ^a   Lapalombella, Silvana ^c   Florijančić, Tihomir ^d   Bošković, Ivica ^d   Randi, Ettore ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canis; Gene introgression; Interspecific hybridization; Major histocompatibility complex; Melanism; defensin CDB103

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958073969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150450     Document Type: Article

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