Publications

the cryptic african wolf: canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal and is not endemic to egypt.	the egyptian jackal (canis aureus lupaster) has hitherto been considered a large, rare subspecies of the golden jackal (c. aureus). it has maintained its taxonomical status to date, despite studies demonstrating morphological similarities to the grey wolf (c. lupus). we have analyzed 2055 bp of mitochondrial dna from c. a. lupaster and investigated the similarity to c. aureus and c. lupus. through phylogenetic comparison with all wild wolf-like canids (based on 726 bp of the cytochrome b gene) w ...	2011	21298107
reviving the african wolf canis lupus lupaster in north and west africa: a mitochondrial lineage ranging more than 6,000 km wide.	the recent discovery of a lineage of gray wolf in north-east africa suggests the presence of a cryptic canid on the continent, the african wolf canis lupus lupaster. we analyzed the mtdna diversity (cytochrome b and control region) of a series of african canis including wolf-like animals from north and west africa. our objectives were to assess the actual range of c. l. lupaster, to further estimate the genetic characteristics and demographic history of its lineage, and to question its taxonomic ...	2012	22900047
phylogeography of the golden jackal (canis aureus) in india.	the golden jackal (canis aureus) is one of the most common and widely distributed carnivores in india but phylogeographic studies on the species have been limited across its range. recent studies have observed absence of mitochondrial (mt) dna diversity in european populations while some north african populations of golden jackal were found to carry gray wolf (canis lupus lupaster) mtdna lineages. in the present study, we sequenced 440 basepairs (bp) of control region (cr) and 412 bp of cytochro ...	2015	26414163
a cryptic mitochondrial dna link between north european and west african dogs.	domestic dogs have an ancient origin and a long history in africa. nevertheless, the timing and sources of their introduction into africa remain enigmatic. herein, we analyse variation in mitochondrial dna (mtdna) d-loop sequences from 345 nigerian and 37 kenyan village dogs plus 1530 published sequences of dogs from other parts of africa, europe and west asia. all kenyan dogs can be assigned to one of three haplogroups (matrilines; clades): a, b, and c, while nigerian dogs can be assigned to on ...	2017	28302420
phylogenetic evidence for the ancient himalayan wolf: towards a clarification of its taxonomic status based on genetic sampling from western nepal.	wolves in the himalayan region form a monophyletic lineage distinct from the present-day holarctic grey wolf canis lupus spp. (linnaeus 1758) found across eurasia and north america. here, we analyse phylogenetic relationships and the geographic distribution of mitochondrial dna haplotypes of the contemporary himalayan wolf (proposed in previous studies as canis himalayensis) found in central asia. we combine genetic data from a living himalayan wolf population collected in northwestern nepal in ...	2017	28680672