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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Genetic Variation in the Iberian Lynx along Its Path to Extinction Reconstructed with Ancient DNA.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2017
Casas-Marce Mireia, Marmesat Elena, Soriano Laura, Martínez-Cruz Begoña, Lucena-Perez Maria, Nocete Francisco, Rodríguez-Hidalgo Antonio, Canals Antoni, Nadal Jordi, Detry Cleia, Bernáldez-Sánchez Eloísa, Fernández-Rodríguez Carlos, Pérez-Ripoll Manuel, Stiller Mathias, Hofreiter Michael, Rodríguez Alejandro, Revilla Eloy, Delibes Miguel, Godoy José A
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There is the tendency to assume that endangered species have been both genetically and demographically healthier in the past, so that any genetic erosion observed today was caused by their recent decline. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) suffered a dramatic and continuous decline during the 20th century, and now shows extremely low genome- and species-wide genetic diversity among other signs of genomic erosion....
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