Genomic pedigree reconstruction identifies predictors of mating and reproductive success in an invasive vertebrate.

ABSTRACT: The persistence of an invasive species is influenced by its reproductive ecology, and a successful control program must operate on this premise. However, the reproductive ecology of invasive species may be enigmatic due to factors that also limit their management, such as cryptic coloration and behavior. We explored the mating and reproductive ecology of the invasive Brown Treesnake (BTS: Boiga irregularis) by reconstructing a multigenerational genomic pedigree based on 654 single nucleotide polymorphisms for a geographically closed population established in 2004 on Guam (N = 426). The pedigree allowed annual estimates of individual mating and reproductive success to be inferred for snakes in the study population over a 14-year period. We then employed generalized linear mixed models to ga

SUBMITTER: Levine BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6822066 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature