Population genomic data reveal extreme geographic subdivision and novel conservation actions for the declining foothill yellow-legged frog.

ABSTRACT: Genomic data have the potential to inform high resolution landscape genetic and biological conservation studies that go far beyond recent mitochondrial and microsatellite analyses. We characterize the relationships of populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii, a declining, "sentinel" species for stream ecosystems throughout its range in California and Oregon. We generated RADseq data and applied phylogenetic methods, hierarchical Bayesian clustering, PCA and population differentiation with admixture analyses to characterize spatial genetic structure across the species range. To facilitate direct comparison with previous analyses, we included many localities and individuals from our earlier work based on mitochondrial DNA. The results are striking, and emphasize the power

SUBMITTER: McCartney-Melstad E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039490 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature