Article
Past genomes guide future conservation: insights from extinct populations of the endangered Pacific pocket mouse.
The Journal of heredity - 3 Sept 2026
Funk Erik R, Curry Caitlin J, Tremor Scott, Shier Debra M, Wilder Aryn P
Abstract excerpt
Efforts to recover endangered species often rely on restoring populations to their historical range, yet reestablishing lost genetic variation is challenging when the ancestral genetic landscape is poorly understood. The Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus), a federally endangered heteromyid rodent, has been extirpated from most of its range in coastal southern California. Recovery efforts...
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- Endangered Species
- Rodentia
- Genetic Variation
- Whole Genome Sequencing
- Gene Flow
- Phylogeography
