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The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate.
Scientific reports - 20 Mar 2020
Paijmans Anneke J, Stoffel Martin A, Bester Marthán N, Cleary Alison C, De Bruyn P J Nico, Forcada Jaume, Goebel Michael E, Goldsworthy Simon D, Guinet Christophe, Lydersen Christian, Kovacs Kit M, Lowther Andrew, Hoffman Joseph I
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Understanding the effects of human exploitation on the genetic composition of wild populations is important for predicting species persistence and adaptive potential. We therefore investigated the genetic legacy of large-scale commercial harvesting by reconstructing, on a global scale, the recent demographic history of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), a species that was hunted to the brink of...
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