Mammals

Michela and Andrea just published in Communications Biology their new paper about the impact of the Last Glacial Maximum on the ecological niche and the distribution of horses, deers, aurochs and wild boars. Michela Leonardi, Francesco Boschin, Paolo Boscato, Andrea Manica (2022) Following the niche: the differential...

Andrea took part in a paper just out in Ecology Letters investigating the processes leading to the extinction of the woolly mammoths. Damien A. Fordham, Stuart C. Brown, H. Reşit Akçakaya, Barry W. Brook, Sean Haythorne, Andrea Manica, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Jeremy J. Austin, Benjamin Blonder, Julia Pilowsky, Carsten Rahbek...

It is now out in Current Biology Andrea's new paper characterising the level of genetic diversity and inferring the genetic history of African and Asian leopards. Johanna L.A. Paijmans, Axel Barlow, Matthew S. Becker, James A. Cahill, Joerns Fickel, Daniel W.G. Förster, Katrin Gries, Stefanie Hartmann, Rasmus Worsøe...

Andrea, Anders and Liisa’s paper is now out in Science , analysing ancient DNA from rabbits to better understand how different populations worldwide developed resistance to the myxoma virus. Joel M Alves, Miguel Carneiro, Jade Y Cheng, Ana Lemos de Matos, Masmudur M Rahman, Liisa Loog, Paula F Campos, Nathan Wales, Anders...

Michela, Robert, Mario and Andrea published in Science Advances an article detailing the palaeoecology of the horse through the last 44 thousand years. Michela Leonardi, Francesco Boschin, Konstantinos Giampoudakis, Robert M. Beyer, Mario Krapp, Robin Bendrey, Robert Sommer, Paolo Boscato, Andrea Manica, David Nogues-Bravo...

The new paper on the origin of goat domestication by Pier and Andrea is now out in Science . Kevin G. Daly, Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Victoria E. Mullin, Amelie Scheu, Valeria Mattiangeli, Matthew D. Teasdale, Andrew J. Hare, Joachim Burger, Marta Pereira Verdugo, Matthew J. Collins, Ron Kehati, Cevdet Merih Erek, Guy Bar-...