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Genetic Load and Adaptive Potential of a Recovered Avian Species that Narrowly Avoided Extinction.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2023
Femerling Georgette, van Oosterhout Cock, Feng Shaohong, Bristol Rachel M, Zhang Guojie, Groombridge Jim, P Gilbert M Thomas, Morales Hernán E
Abstract excerpt
High genetic diversity is a good predictor of long-term population viability, yet some species persevere despite having low genetic diversity. Here we study the genomic erosion of the Seychelles paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina), a species that narrowly avoided extinction after having declined to 28 individuals in the 1960s. The species recovered unassisted to over 250 individuals in the 1990s and was...
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