The unique genetic adaptation of the Himalayan wolf to high-altitudes and consequences for conservation

The unique genetic adaptation of the Himalayan wolf to high-altitudes and consequences for conservation

The Himalayan wolf seems uniquely adapted to life at high-altitudes of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. Through a non-invasive survey we confirm the presence of the Himalayan wolf across the Nepalese Himalayas and its phylogenetic distinctness based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. We use the...

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Main Authors: Geraldine Werhahn, Helen Senn, Muhammad Ghazali, Dibesh Karmacharya, Adarsh Man Sherchan, Jyoti Joshi, Naresh Kusi, José Vincente López-Bao, Tanya Rosen, Shannon Kachel, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, David W. Macdonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198941830180X

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