An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ...
Human-induced environmental change is one of the biggest threats to global biological diversity, and the resulting environmental conditions have made it increasingly difficult for species to adapt and survive. The use of genomic technologies, such as the inference of genetic structure, can aid speci...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/40705 2023-11-05T03:44:43+01:00 An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... Michalak, Anita 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/40705 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/115800 en eng Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. conservation genomics population structure genetic differentiation clustering evolutionarily significant units ecotypes endangered wildlife Forestry and Wildlife Ecology FOS Biological sciences Genetics Zoology article master thesis CreativeWork Other 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/40705 2023-10-09T11:06:44Z Human-induced environmental change is one of the biggest threats to global biological diversity, and the resulting environmental conditions have made it increasingly difficult for species to adapt and survive. The use of genomic technologies, such as the inference of genetic structure, can aid species conservation and prevent population declines. Particularly for caribou (Rangifer tarandus), which are considered an at-risk species across Canada, determining population genetic structure can help delineate units for conservation while detecting potentially cryptic population structure and diversity as well as undetected and/or mislabeled populations. For my M.Sc. thesis, I studied genomic diversity in caribou sampled throughout western Canada to better characterize population structure and supplement previous genetic studies conducted in this region. I accomplished this using several population structure inference methods and by combining individual-based genomic and spatial data for 658 individuals derived ... Master Thesis Rangifer tarandus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Human-induced environmental change is one of the biggest threats to global biological diversity, and the resulting environmental conditions have made it increasingly difficult for species to adapt and survive. The use of genomic technologies, such as the inference of genetic structure, can aid species conservation and prevent population declines. Particularly for caribou (Rangifer tarandus), which are considered an at-risk species across Canada, determining population genetic structure can help delineate units for conservation while detecting potentially cryptic population structure and diversity as well as undetected and/or mislabeled populations. For my M.Sc. thesis, I studied genomic diversity in caribou sampled throughout western Canada to better characterize population structure and supplement previous genetic studies conducted in this region. I accomplished this using several population structure inference methods and by combining individual-based genomic and spatial data for 658 individuals derived ... |
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... |
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... |
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... |
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... |
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An Assessment of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) Genomic Diversity and Structure in Western Canada to Guide Species Conservation and Management ... |
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assessment of caribou (rangifer tarandus) genomic diversity and structure in western canada to guide species conservation and management ... |
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