Inferring the demographic history of aye-ayes (<i>Daubentonia madagascariensis</i>) from high-quality, whole-genome, population-level data.

ABSTRACT: The nocturnal aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis, is one of the most elusive lemurs on the island of Madagascar. The timing of its activity and arboreal lifestyle has generally made it difficult to obtain accurate assessments of population size using traditional census methods. Therefore, alternative estimates provided by population genetic inference are essential for yielding much needed information for conservation measures and for enabling ecological and evolutionary studies of this species. Here, we utilize genomic data from 17 unrelated individuals - including 5 newly sequenced, high-coverage genomes - to estimate this history. Essential to this estimation are recently published annotations of the aye-aye genome which allow for variation at putatively neutral genomic regions

SUBMITTER: Terbot JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11601231 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature