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Population dynamics of caribou shaped by glacial cycles before the last glacial maximum.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2021
Taylor Rebecca S, Manseau Micheline, Klütsch Cornelya F C, Polfus Jean L, Steedman Audrey, Hervieux Dave, Kelly Allicia, Larter Nicholas C, Gamberg Mary, Schwantje Helen, Wilson Paul J
Abstract excerpt
Pleistocene glacial cycles influenced the diversification of high-latitude wildlife species through recurrent periods of range contraction, isolation, divergence, and expansion from refugia and subsequent admixture of refugial populations. We investigate population size changes and the introgressive history of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in western Canada using 33 whole genome sequences coupled with larger-scale...
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