Comparing Genetic <i>N_e</i> Reconstructions Over Time With Long-Time Wolf Monitoring Data in Two Populations.

ABSTRACT: Many methods are now available to calculate N _e , but their performance varies depending on assumptions. Although simulated data are useful to discover certain types of bias, real empirical data supported by detailed known population histories allow us to discern how well methods perform with actual messy and complex data. Here, we focus on two genomic data sets of grey wolf populations for which population size changes of the past 40-120 years are well documented. We use this background to explore in what detail we can retrieve the known population history from these populations, in the light of pitfalls relating to population history, sampling design and the change in the spatial scale at which N _e is estimated as we go further back in ti

SUBMITTER: Perez-Sorribes L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11486914 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature