THE PUMA, OR AMERICAN LION

Genomic Ancestry of the American Puma (Puma concolol1

From the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research and De­ velopment Center, Frederick, MD 21702-1201. We are grateful to acknowledge lull collaborative credit to the investigators listed in Figure lA who supplied biologi­ cal specimens upon which this study is based. We would like to thank all the collaborators that collected or aided in the collecti...

Genomic ancestry of the American puma (Puma concolor).

Puma concolor, a large American cat species, occupies the most extensive range of any New World terrestrial mammal, spanning 110 degrees of latitude from the Canadian Yukon to the Straits of Magellan. Until the recent Holocene, pumas coexisted with a diverse array of carnivores including the American lion (Panthera atrox), the North American cheetah (Miracynonyx trumani), and the saber toothed ...

Infectivity of lion and puma lentiviruses for domestic cats.

Infection of domestic cats with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) causes progressive immunological deterioration similar to that caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Lentiviruses related to but phylogenetically distinct from FIV have been detected in several non-domestic feline species. Serological cross-reactivity of these viruses raises the question as to whether inter-species tran...

Gastric carcinoma in a South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

A 22-year-old captive male South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) developed an undifferentiated carcinoma originating in the cardiac region of the stomach. Clinical symptoms included vomiting, anorexia and weight loss. Ultrasonography and endoscopy showed gastric wall thickness. At necropsy, the gastric wall had significant thickening around the cardiac region, and metastases were found in...

Kant: Friend or Foe of the Believer? Plantinga and Other American Christian Responses to Kant's Epistemology