Table 2

Reference mitochondrial Cytochrome-b and 16S RNA gene sequences used in the phylogenetic analysis
	Species	Common name	Continent / Country	EMBL Acc.No.	Reference

	*Partial Cytochrome-b gene reference sequences*
1	*C. lupus lupus*	Gray wolf	Holarctic	AF028141	[8]
2	*C. simensis*	Ethiopian wolf	Africa	AF028144	[8]
3	*C. familiaris*	Dog		U12829	[41]
4	*Cuon alpinus*	Dhole	Asia	AF028137	[8]
5	*Arelocynus microtis*	Small eared dog	Asia (Japan)	AF028135	[8]
6	*C. aureus*	Golden jackal	Old world	AF028138	[8]
7	*C. mesomelas elongae*	Black-backed jackal	Eastern Africa	AF028142	[8]
8	*C. adustus*	Side-striped jackal	Eastern Africa	AF028136	[8]
9	*C. latrans*	Coyote	North America	AF028140	[8]
10	*Pseudalopex sechurae*	Desert fox	NW S. America	AF028154	[8]

*Complete Cytochrome-b gene reference sequences*
1	*C. familiaris*	Dog	?		[38]
2	*Vulpes vulpes*	Fox	?		[38]

	*16S rDNA reference sequence*
1	*C. familiaris*		Asia (Japan)	AB048590

Aggarwal et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:P6 doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-6-p6