Analyzing DNA from coyote scat Researchers screened 455 coyote scats in northern Virginia for DNA. From their abstract: Coyotes (Canis latrans) have benefitted from anthropogenic changes to North American ecosystems and have experienced a dramatic range expansion since the early 19th century. The region east of the Mississippi River has been colonized via 2 routes [...]
Categories: Environment,Science
Tagged: Canis latrans, Christine A. Bozarth, Cody W. Edwards, colonize, DNA, Frank Hailer, gray wolf, Great Lakes wolf, interbreeding, Jesús E. Maldonado, Journal of Mammology, Larry L. Rockwood, Mid-Atlantic, red wolf, scat, Virginia, wolves