Browsing School of Biological and Chemical Sciences by Author "O'Connor, T"

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    • Genetic swamping of the critically endangered Scottish wildcat was recent and accelerated by disease. 

      Howard-McCombe, J; Jamieson, A; Carmagnini, A; Russo, I-RM; Ghazali, M; Campbell, R; Driscoll, C; Murphy, WJ; Nowak, C; O'Connor, T (2023-11-06)
      The European wildcat population in Scotland is considered critically endangered as a result of hybridization with introduced domestic cats,1,2 though the time frame over which this gene flow has taken place is unknown. ...

    • Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats. 

      Jamieson, A; Carmagnini, A; Howard-McCombe, J; Doherty, S; Hirons, A; Dimopoulos, E; Lin, AT; Allen, R; Anderson-Whymark, H; Barnett, R (2023-11-06)
      Domestic cats were derived from the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis lybica), after which they dispersed with people into Europe. As they did so, it is possible that they interbred with the indigenous population of European ...