Ancient mtDNA from the extinct Indian cheetah supports unexpectedly deep divergence from African cheetahs.
Niraj Rai,
Sunil Kumar Verma,
Ajay Gaur,
Florin Mircea Iliescu,
Mukesh Thakur,
Tirupathi Rao Golla,
Kailash Chandra,
Satya Prakash,
Wajeeda Tabasum,
Sreenivas Ara,
Lalji Singh,
Kumarasamy Thangaraj,
Guy S Jacobs
Apr 13, 2020
The Indian cheetah was hunted to extinction by the mid-20th century. While analysis of 139 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has confirmed that the Indian cheetah was part of the Asiatic subspecies (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)...