Are shed hair genomes the most effective noninvasive resource for estimating relationships in the wild?

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of relationships in wild populations is critical for better understanding mating systems and inbreeding scenarios to inform conservation strategies for endangered species. To delineate pedigrees in wild populations, study genetic connectivity, study genotype-phenotype associations, trace individuals, or track wildlife trade, many identified individuals need to be genotyped at thousands of loci, mostly from noninvasive samples. This requires us to (a) identify the most common noninvasive sample available from identified individuals, (b) assess the ability to acquire genome-wide data from such samples, and (c) evaluate the quality of such genome-wide data, and its ability to reconstruct relationships between animals within a population.We followed identified individuals from a wild

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297754 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature