Scientific Publications

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

A selection of peer-reviewed scientific publications related to GCCP, authored by our research team.

2024

Ghost wolves earn the cover of the Journal of Heredity to help illustrate their value in scientific research. Drs. Bridgett vonHoldt and Kristin Brzeski, along with coauthors, have now published a de novo genome assembly of a coyote! This will help bolster genomic research on coyote and wolves of all kinds. [see Journal of Heredity Special Issue, Vol 114, No 4 ]
- Bredemeyer, K.R., vonHoldt, B.M., Foley, N.M., Childers, I.R., Brzeski, K.E., Murphy, W.J. (2024). The value of hybrid genomes: Building two highly contiguous reference genome assemblies to advance Canis genomic studies. Journal of Heredity, 115(4), 480–486.

2022

vonHoldt, B.M., Hinton, J.W., Shutt, A.C., Murphy, S.M., Karlin, M.L., Adams, J.R., ... , Brzeski, K.E. (2022). Reviving ghost alleles: Genetically admixed coyotes along the American Gulf Coast are critical for saving the endangered red wolf. Science advances, 8(26), eabn7731.
Barnes, T.M., Karlin, M., vonHoldt, B.M., Adams, J.R., Waits, L.P., Hinton, J.W., Henderson, J., Brzeski, K.E. (2022). Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22(1), 1-14.

2021

vonHoldt, B.M., Brzeski, K.E., Aardema, M.L., Schell, C.J., Rutledge, L.Y., Fain, S.R., Shutt, A.C., Linderholm, A., Murphy, W.J. (2021). Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology, 31(21), 5440-5454.

2020

Heppenheimer, E., Brzeski, K.E, Hinton, J.W., Chamberlain, M.J., Robinson, J., Wayne, R.K., vonHoldt, B.M. (2020). A genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry analysis in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity, 111, 277-286.
vonHoldt, B.M., Aardema, M.L. (2020). Updating the Bibliography of Interbreeding among Canis in North America. Journal of Heredity, 111, 3, 249-262.

2018

vonHoldt, B.M., Brzeski, K.E., Wilcove, D.S., Rutledge, L.Y. (2018). Redefining the Role of Admixture and Genomics in Species Conservation. Conservation Letters, 11, e12371.
Heppenheimer, E., Brzeski, K.E., Wooten, R., Waddell, W., Rutledge, L.Y., Chamberlain, M.J., Stahler, D.R., Hinton, J.W., vonHoldt, B.M. (2018). Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes, 9, 61.

2017 and earlier

Brzeski, K., DeBiasse, M., Rabon, D., Chamberlain, M., Taylor, S. (2016). Mitochondrial DNA variation in Eastern pre-Columbian canids. Journal of Heredity, 107, 287-293.
vonHoldt B.M., Cahill J.A., et al. (2016). Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf. Science Advances 2, e1501714.
Brzeski, K., Bartel, B., Waddell, W., Wolf, K., Rabon, D., Taylor, S. (2015). Infectious disease and red wolf conservation: assessment of disease occurrence and associated risks. Journal of Mammalogy, 96, 751-761.
Brzeski, K., Rabon, D., Chamberlain, M., Waits, L., Taylor, S. (2014). Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in endangered red wolves (Canis rufus). Molecular Ecology, 23, 4241-4255.
vonHoldt B.M., Pollinger J.P., et al. (2011). A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Research, 21, 1294–1305.

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