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Genomes and Genes | Warren E JohnsonSummaryAffiliation: National Cancer Institute Country: USA Publications
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Molecular genetics and evolution of melanism in the cat familyEduardo Eizirik
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
Curr Biol 13:448-53. 2003..The inferred multiple origins and independent historical elevation in population frequency of felid melanistic mutations suggest the occurrence of adaptive evolution of this visible phenotype in a group of related free-ranging species...
Mitochondrial introgressions into the nuclear genome of the domestic catAgostinho Antunes
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
J Hered 98:414-20. 2007..The catalog of cat numts provides a valuable resource for future studies in Felidae species, including its use as a tool to avoid numt contaminations that may confound population genetics and phylogenetic studies...
The evolution of cats. Genomic paw prints in the DNA of the world's wild cats have clarified the cat family tree and uncovered several remarkable migrations in their pastWarren E Johnson
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, USA
Sci Am 297:68-75. 2007
The adaptive evolution of the mammalian mitochondrial genomeRute R da Fonseca
REQUIMTE, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169 007 Porto, Portugal
BMC Genomics 9:119. 2008....
Disparate phylogeographic patterns of molecular genetic variation in four closely related South American small cat speciesW E Johnson
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
Mol Ecol 8:S79-94. 1999..guigna diverged 0.4 million years ago (Ma), compared with 1.7 Ma for L. colocolo, 2.0 Ma for O. geoffroyi, and 3.7 Ma for L. tigrinus...
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessmentWarren E Johnson
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
Science 311:73-7. 2006..The phylogenetic performance of distinct gene classes showed that Y-chromosome segments are appreciably more informative than mitochondrial DNA, X-linked, or autosomal genes in resolving the rapid Felidae species radiation...
The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomicsAgostinho Antunes
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS Genet 4:e1000251. 2008..In particular, lion and FIV(Ple) variation affirms that the large, well-studied lion population occupying the greater Serengeti Ecosystem is derived from three distinct populations that admixed recently...
Development of Y chromosome intraspecific polymorphic markers in the FelidaeShu Jin Luo
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
J Hered 98:400-13. 2007....
Subspecies genetic assignments of worldwide captive tigers increase conservation value of captive populationsShu Jin Luo
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Curr Biol 18:592-6. 2008..Assessment of verified subspecies ancestry offers a powerful tool that, if applied to tigers of uncertain background, may considerably increase the number of purebred tigers suitable for conservation management...
The Near Eastern origin of cat domesticationCarlos A Driscoll
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Science 317:519-23. 2007..Domestic cats derive from at least five founders from across this region, whose descendants were transported across the world by human assistance...
Big cat genomicsSTEPHEN J O'BRIEN
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 6:407-29. 2005..Conservation, stabilization, and management of the big cats are important areas that derive benefit from the genome resources expanded and applied to highly successful species, imperiled by an expanding human population...
Evolution of feline immunodeficiency virus in Felidae: implications for human health and wildlife ecologyJill Pecon-Slattery
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, United States
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 123:32-44. 2008....
Patterns of molecular genetic variation among cat breedsMarilyn Menotti-Raymond
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Genomics 91:1-11. 2008....
Genetic characterization of feline leukemia virus from Florida panthersMeredith A Brown
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:252-9. 2008..These unique features may also account for the severity of the outbreak after cross-species transmission to the panther...
Phylogeography and genetic ancestry of tigers (Panthera tigris)Shu-Jin Luo
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
PLoS Biol 2:e442. 2004..These results provide an explicit basis for subspecies recognition and will lead to the improved management and conservation of these recently isolated but distinct geographic populations of tigers...
Evolutionary analysis of a large mtDNA translocation (numt) into the nuclear genome of the Panthera genus speciesJae-Heup Kim
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
Gene 366:292-302. 2006..The tiger cymtDNA shared around 90% sequence identity with the homologous numt sequence, suggesting an origin for the Panthera numt at around 3.5 million years ago, prior to the radiation of the five extant Panthera species...
Genetic restoration of the Florida pantherWarren E Johnson
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Science 329:1641-5. 2010..This intensive management program illustrates the challenges of maintaining populations of large predators worldwide...
Initial sequence and comparative analysis of the cat genomeJoan U Pontius
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC Frederick, Inc, NCI Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Genome Res 17:1675-89. 2007..9-fold) coverage mammal genome sequence...
Molecular evidence for species-level distinctions in clouded leopardsValerie A Buckley-Beason
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Curr Biol 16:2371-6. 2006..n. diardi in Borneo and Sumatra, would support reclassification of N. n. diardi as a new species (Neofelis diardi)...
Life on the edge: the long-term persistence and contrasting spatial genetic structure of distinct brown trout life histories at their ecological limitsAgostinho Antunes
CIBIO UP, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485 661 Vairão, Portugal
J Hered 97:193-205. 2006..These peripheral populations are of high conservation value and should be preserved to help conserve the future potential of the species...
A molecular phylogeny of living primatesPolina Perelman
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
PLoS Genet 7:e1001342. 2011....
Ecological and biogeographical inferences on two sympatric and enigmatic Andean cat species using genetic identification of faecal samplesConstanza Napolitano
Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular, and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Deparamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
Mol Ecol 17:678-90. 2008..These insights will facilitate and provide tools and hypotheses for much-needed research and conservation efforts on these species and this ecosystem...
Molecular genetic insights on cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) ecology and conservation in NamibiaLaurie L Marker
Cheetah Conservation Fund, PO Box 1755, Otjiwarongo, Namibia
J Hered 99:2-13. 2008..The long-term maintenance of current patterns of genetic variation in Namibia depends on retaining habitat characteristics that promote natural dispersal and gene flow of cheetahs...
