| ancient himalayan wolf (canis lupus chanco) lineage in upper mustang of the annapurna conservation area, nepal. | the taxonomic status of the wolf (canis lupus) in nepal's trans-himalaya is poorly understood. recent genetic studies have revealed the existence of three lineages of wolves in the indian sub-continent. of these, the himalayan wolf, canis lupus chanco, has been reported to be the most ancient lineage historically distributed within the nepal himalaya. these wolves residing in the trans-himalayan region have been suggested to be smaller and very different from the european wolf. during october 20 ... | 2016 | 27199590 |
| the morphology of the mandibular coronoid process does not indicate that canis lupus chanco is the progenitor to dogs. | the domestication of wolves is currently under debate. where, when and from which wolf sub-species dogs originated are being investigated both by osteoarchaeologists and geneticists. while dna research is rapidly becoming more active and popular, morphological methods have been the gold standard in the past. but even today morphological details are routinely employed to discern archaeological wolves from dogs. one such morphological similarity between canis lupus chanco and dogs was published in ... | 2017 | 27340333 |
| hypoxia adaptations in the grey wolf (canis lupus chanco) from qinghai-tibet plateau. | the tibetan grey wolf (canis lupus chanco) occupies habitats on the qinghai-tibet plateau, a high altitude (>3000 m) environment where low oxygen tension exerts unique selection pressure on individuals to adapt to hypoxic conditions. to identify genes involved in hypoxia adaptation, we generated complete genome sequences of nine chinese wolves from high and low altitude populations at an average coverage of 25× coverage. we found that, beginning about 55,000 years ago, the highland tibetan grey ... | 2014 | 25078401 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of canis lupus campestris. | in this study, blood sample was obtained from a female mongolian wolf (canis lupus campestris) captured from mongolia and its complete mitochondrial genome was sequenced for the first time. | 2015 | 23984823 |
| phylogenetic studies of dogs with emphasis on japanese and asian breeds. | the first domestication of the dog occurred in east asia, and major ancestor of the dog was a wolf subspecies, canis lupus chanco. this finding derives from data on the nucleotide sequences of mtdna and the frequency of genes controlling blood protein polymorphisms in various subspecies of wolves and dog breeds around the world. the results of the allele frequency distribution of genes controlling 16 blood protein polymorphisms, and the incidence of dogs possessing erythrocytes with high potassi ... | 2007 | 25792769 |
| 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 |