Steven R. Fain

TL;DR: Methods for the preservation, extraction and amplification of DNA from faeces that facilitate field applications of faecal DNA technology are described and a simple drying agent, silica beads, is shown to be a particularly effective preservative, allowing easy and safe transport of samples from the field.

TL;DR: Genetic data support a close relationship between eastern wolf and red wolf Canis rufus, but do not support the proposal that they are the same species; it is more likely that they evolved independently from different lineages of a common ancestor with coyotes.

TL;DR: An analysis of microsatellite DNA of black bears across California discovered distinct population structure and genetic evidence of 2 historic colonization events, including lower genetic diversity (founder effect) and a genetic signature most closely allied with black bears from the southern Sierra Nevada.

TL;DR: Translocations of seals among islands may have the potential to relieve local inbreeding and possibly to reduce the total amount of variation preserved in the population.

TL;DR: P phylogenetic and admixture analysis of DNA profiles of western wolves, WGL states wolves and Wisconsin coyotes developed from autosome and Y-chromosome microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA control region sequence support the recognition of Canis lycaon as a unique species of North American wolf present in the W GL states and find evidence of hybridization between C. lupus and C. Lycaon but no evidence of recent hybridization with sympatric coyotes.