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The critically endangered vaquita is not doomed to extinction by inbreeding depression.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 May 2022
Robinson Jacqueline A, Kyriazis Christopher C, Nigenda-Morales Sergio F, Beichman Annabel C, Rojas-Bracho Lorenzo, Robertson Kelly M, Fontaine Michael C, Wayne Robert K, Lohmueller Kirk E, Taylor Barbara L, Morin Phillip A
Abstract excerpt
In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality from gillnet fishing have driven Mexico's vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) to ~10 remaining individuals. We analyzed whole-genome sequences from 20 vaquitas and integrated genomic and demographic information into stochastic,...
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