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Colonial-driven extinction of the blue antelope despite genomic adaptation to low population size.
Current biology : CB - 6 May 2024
Hempel Elisabeth, Faith J Tyler, Preick Michaela, de Jager Deon, Barish Scott, Hartmann Stefanie, Grau José H, Moodley Yoshan, Gedman Gregory, Pirovich Kathleen Morrill, Bibi Faysal, Kalthoff Daniela C, Bocklandt Sven, Lamm Ben, Dalén Love, Westbury Michael V, Hofreiter Michael
Abstract excerpt
Low genomic diversity is generally indicative of small population size and is considered detrimental by decreasing long-term adaptability.1,2,3,4,5,6 Moreover, small population size may promote gene flow with congeners and outbreeding depression.7,8,9,10,11,12,13 Here, we examine the connection between habitat availability, effective population size (Ne), and extinction by generating a 40× nuclear genome from the...
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