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Natural selection shaped the rise and fall of passenger pigeon genomic diversity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Nov 2017
Murray Gemma G R, Soares André E R, Novak Ben J, Schaefer Nathan K, Cahill James A, Baker Allan J, Demboski John R, Doll Andrew, Da Fonseca Rute R, Fulton Tara L, Gilbert M Thomas P, Heintzman Peter D, Letts Brandon, McIntosh George, O'Connell Brendan L, Peck Mark, Pipes Marie-Lorraine, Rice Edward S, Santos Kathryn M, Sohrweide A Gregory, Vohr Samuel H, Corbett-Detig Russell B, Green Richard E, Shapiro Beth
Abstract excerpt
The extinct passenger pigeon was once the most abundant bird in North America, and possibly the world. Although theory predicts that large populations will be more genetically diverse, passenger pigeon genetic diversity was surprisingly low. To investigate this disconnect, we analyzed 41 mitochondrial and 4 nuclear genomes from passenger pigeons and 2 genomes from band-tailed pigeons, which are passenger pigeons'...
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