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Reviving ghost alleles: Genetically admixed coyotes along the American Gulf Coast are critical for saving the endangered red wolf

The last known red wolves were captured in southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas in 1980 to establish a captive breeding population. Before their extirpation, gene flow with coyotes resulted in the persistence of endangered red wolf genetic variation in local coyote populations. We assessed genom...

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Autores principales: vonHoldt, Bridgett M., Hinton, Joseph W., Shutt, Amy C., Murphy, Sean M., Karlin, Melissa L., Adams, Jennifer R., Waits, Lisette P., Brzeski, Kristin E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9242586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35767623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn7731