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ArticleScientific reports2022

An isolated population reveals greater genetic structuring of the Australian dingo.

Danielle Stephens, Peter J S Fleming, Emma Sawyers, Tim P Mayr

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genomic epidemiology ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
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  2. The impacts of European arrival on Australian dingoes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danielle StephensZoological Genetics, Inglewood, SA, 5133, Australia. stephens@zoologicalgenetics.com.
Peter J S FlemingVertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, 1447 Forest Road, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia.
Emma SawyersVertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, 1447 Forest Road, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia.
Tim P MayrDepartment of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, 308-390 Koorlong Ave, Irymple, VIC, 3498, Australia.
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Australian dingo is a recent anthropogenic addition to the Australian fauna, which spread rapidly across the continent and has since widely interbred with modern dogs. Genetic studies of dingoes have given rise to speculation about their entry to the continent and subsequent biogeographic effects, but few studies of their contemporary population structure have been conducted. Here we investigated the dingo ancestry and population structure of free-living dogs in western Victoria and contrasted it with a wider southern Australian sample. We wished to determine whether their geographic isolation was mirrored in genetic isolation. To address this question, we analysed 34 microsatellite markers using Bayesian clustering and discriminant analysis of principal components, and summarised genetic diversity at the population and individual level. The broader southern Australia sample (n = 1138) comprised mostly hybrid animals, with 30% considered pure dingoes. All western Victorian individuals (n = 59) appeared to be hybrids with high dingo ancestry. The population showed no evidence of admixture with other populations and low genetic diversity on all measures tested. Based upon our characterisation of this unusual mainland population, we advise against assuming homogeneity of dingoes across the continent.

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