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Purging of deleterious burden in the endangered Iberian lynx.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Mar 2022
Kleinman-Ruiz Daniel, Lucena-Perez Maria, Villanueva Beatriz, Fernández Jesús, Saveljev Alexander P, Ratkiewicz Mirosław, Schmidt Krzysztof, Galtier Nicolas, García-Dorado Aurora, Godoy José A
Abstract excerpt
SignificanceThe dynamics of deleterious variation under contrasting demographic scenarios remain poorly understood in spite of their relevance in evolutionary and conservation terms. Here we apply a genomic approach to study differences in the burden of deleterious alleles between the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the widespread Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Our analysis unveils a significantly lower...
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