Population genomic analyses of a highly mobile large carnivore, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), across Eurasia

摘要: Our analyses encompass existing and newly genotyped profiles from more than 700 individuals genotyped on the Illumina CanineHD BeadChip with over 170, 000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci. We include wolves sampled in Europe from Scandinavia to the southern Balkans, Iberia, and Italy, plus Caucasus, central and eastern Russia. The most divergent wolf population to emerge across our study area was Italian. Subsequently, we observed other population clusters in central and eastern Russia, Caucasus, Iberia, northcentral Europe, Scandinavia, the Carpathian Mountains, southern and eastern Balkan, and the Dinaric-Balkan region.