Range-Wide Genomic Analysis of Pygmy Rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) Reveals Genetic Distinctiveness of the Endangered Columbia Basin Population

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Authors

Stacey A. Nerkowski · United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Kenneth I. Warheit · Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ilaria Bacchiocchi · University of Idaho

Abstract

Our results highlight the long-term isolation of the ancestral CB population as well as historical isolation of other peripheral populations. Our results also provide SNP loci for monitoring the consequences of genetic rescue efforts in the current admixed CB population.

Topics & Keywords

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Genetic diversity and population structure Rangeland and Wildlife Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genes

Volume 17, Issue 3, pp. 335-335

DOI: 10.3390/genes17030335

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