Scientific Resources

2026

vonHoldt, Macaire, Brzeski (2026) The paradoxical extinction: exploring signatures of assortative mating as a possible mechanism that maintains canonical red wolf genetic ancestry in the American Gulf Coast canids. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esag010

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vonHoldt, James, Gaughran, DeCandia, Koepfli, Flores, Songsasen, Brzeski, Jensen (2026) Evolving conservation: the role of unconventional approaches to restore contemporary vertebrate populations and genomic biodiversity. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esag040.

2024

Bredemeyer, vonHoldt, Foley, Childers, Brzeski, Murphy (2024) The value of hybrid genomes: building two highly contiguous reference genome assemblies to advance Canis genomic studies. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esae013

2022

vonHoldt, Hinton, Shutt, Murphy, Karlin, Adams, Waits, Brzeski (2022) Reviving ghost alleles: genetically admixed coyotes along the American Gulf Coast are critical for saving the endangered red wolf. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn7731

vonHoldt, Brzeski, Aardema, Schell, Rutledge, Fain, Shutt, Linderholm, Murphy (2022) Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.16200
 

Barnes, Karlin, vonHoldt, Adams, Waits, Hinton, Henderson, Brzeski (2022) Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas. BMC Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1186/s12862-022-02084-9

2020

Heppenheimer, Brzeski, Hinton, Chamberlain, Robinson, Wayne, vonHoldt (2020) A genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esaa006

2019

Hinton, Heppenheimer, West, Caudill, Karlin, Kilgo, Mayer, Miller, Walch, vonHoldt, Chamberlain (2019) Geographic patterns in morphometric and genetic variation for coyote populations with emphasis on southeastern coyotes. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.4966

2018

Heppenheimer, Brzeski, Wooten, Waddell, Rutledge, Chamberlain, Stahler, Hinton, vonHoldt (2018) Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes doi: 10.3390/genes9120618

Heppenheimer, Cosio, Brzeski, Caudill, Van Why, Chamberlain, Hinton, vonHoldt (2018) Demographic history influences spatial patterns of genetic diversity in recently expanded coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Heredity doi: 10.1038/s41437-017-0014-5

2017 and earlier

vonHoldt, Brzeski, Wilcove, Rutledge (2017) Redefining the role of admixture and genomics in species conservation. Conservation Letters doi: 10.1111/conl.12371

vonHoldt, Cahill, Fan, Gronau, Robinson, Pollinger, Shapiro, Wall, Wayne (2016) Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501714
 

Brzeski, DeBiasse, Rabon, Chamberlain, Taylor (2016) Mitochondrial DNA variation in southeastern pre-Columbian canids. Journal of Heredity doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw002
 

Hinton, Brzeski, Rabon, Chamberlain (2016) Effects of anthropogenic mortality on red wolf breeding pairs: implications for red wolf recovery. Oryx doi: 10.1017/S0030605315000770

Brzeski, Bartel, Waddell, Wolf, Rabon, Taylor (2015) Infectious disease and red wolf conservation: assessment of disease occurrence and associated risks. Journal of Mammalogy doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv080

Brzeski, Rabon, Chamberlain, Waits, Taylor (2014) Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in endangered red wolves (Canis rufus). Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.12871

vonHoldt, Pollinger, Earl, Knowles, Boyko, Parker, Geffen, Pilot, Jedrzejewski, Jedrzejewska, Sidorovich, Greco, Randi, Musiani, Kays, Bustamante, Ostrander, Novembre, Wayne (2011) A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Research doi: 10.1101/gr.116301.110