Around The World In 400,000 Years: The Genome Of The World's Most Widely Distributed Land Carnivore
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 15:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the past, researchers have primarily used the genetic history of mothers to understand evolution in animals, but a new study has investigated ancestry across the red fox genome, including the Y chromosome (paternal line) and found some surprises about the origins, journey and evolution of the red fox, the world's most widely distributed land carnivore. Conventional thinking based on maternal genetics suggested that red foxes of Eurasia and North America composed a single interconnected population across the Bering land bridge between Asia and Alaska. read more