Recapitulating whole genome based population genetic structure for Indian wild tigers through an ancestry informative marker panel.

ABSTRACT: Identification of genetic structure within wildlife populations have implications in their conservation and management. Accurately inferring population genetic structure requires whole-genome data across the geographical range of the species, which can be resource-intensive. A cheaper strategy is to employ a subset of markers that can efficiently recapitulate the population genetic structure inferred by the whole genome data. Such ancestry informative markers (AIMs), have rarely been developed for endangered species such as tigers utilizing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Here, we first identify the population structure of the Indian tiger using whole-genome sequences and then develop an AIMs panel with a minimum number of SNPs that can recapitulate this structure. We identified fo

SUBMITTER: Khan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8813985 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature