Successful Traceability of Wildlife Samples Contributes to Wildlife Conservation: A Case Study of Tracing the Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.).

ABSTRACT: Rapid and effective methods for tracing the geographic origin of wildlife samples are essential for tackling the illegal wildlife trade. Traditional morphological categorization methods are often inadequate as relying on the mitochondrial COXI barcode is insufficient for determining geographic populations. To address these limitations, we developed a bioinformatics-based pipeline for the rapid identification of traceable nuclear genome loci. This pipeline has been applied to the whole-genome sequence (WGS) data of China's flagship species, the snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.). These species are known for sex-biased dispersal and hybrid speciation, which complicates genealogy tracing. Using phylogenetic principles, we employed the Robinson and Foulds (RF) distance and scanned o

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758607 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature