The paradoxical extinction: Exploring signatures of assortative mating as a possible mechanism that maintains canonical Red Wolf genetic ancestry in the American Gulf Coast canids.

Abstract excerpt

Admixed genomes, particularly those with an evolutionary history of genetic exchange with an endangered or extinct species, are valued for innovative and unconventional conservation actions. Here, we show the substantial conservation value that the admixed canids of the Gulf Coast have as they retain high amounts of contemporary Red Wolf ancestry and unique genetic variation of past Red Wolf lineages (e.g. ghost...

Topics

• Animals
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Wolves
• Extinction, Biological
• Endangered Species