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Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas.
BMC ecology and evolution - 14 Nov 2022
Barnes Tanner M, Karlin Melissa, vonHoldt Bridgett M, Adams Jennifer R, Waits Lisette P, Hinton Joseph W, Henderson Josh, Brzeski Kristin E
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BACKGROUND: Hybridization can be a conservation concern if genomic introgression leads to the loss of an endangered species' unique genome, or when hybrid offspring are sterile or less fit than their parental species. Yet hybridization can also be an adaptive management tool if rare populations are inbred and have reduced genetic variation, and there is the opportunity to enhance genetic variation through...
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