Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?

"Fluctuations in population size can have a profound impact on effective population size and the maintenance of genetic variation within a population. A number of tests based on microsatellite data have been developed for the detection of bottleneck events in a population's past. In this p...

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Main Authors: Spong, Goran, Hellborg, Linda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2002
Subjects:
lynx
wildlife
population studies
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3037
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spelling ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/3037 2023-05-15T18:50:25+02:00 Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale? Spong, Goran Hellborg, Linda 2002 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3037 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3037 Ecology and Society 6 1 June lynx wildlife population studies Journal Article published 2002 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:16:51Z "Fluctuations in population size can have a profound impact on effective population size and the maintenance of genetic variation within a population. A number of tests based on microsatellite data have been developed for the detection of bottleneck events in a population's past. In this paper, we search for signs of a bottleneck in microsatellite data on the Scandinavian lynx (Lynx lynx) population. This population was hunted to the brink of extinction, with fewer than 100 animals (one estimate was as low as 30 individuals) remaining in the late 1920s. Protection allowed recovery of the population, which currently numbers about 2000 adults. Despite this pronounced demographic bottleneck (more than 95% of the population was killed), we could find no conclusive genetic evidence of a bottleneck using four of the recently developed tests for detecting such events." Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC)
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topic lynx
wildlife
population studies
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wildlife
population studies
Spong, Goran
Hellborg, Linda
Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
topic_facet lynx
wildlife
population studies
description "Fluctuations in population size can have a profound impact on effective population size and the maintenance of genetic variation within a population. A number of tests based on microsatellite data have been developed for the detection of bottleneck events in a population's past. In this paper, we search for signs of a bottleneck in microsatellite data on the Scandinavian lynx (Lynx lynx) population. This population was hunted to the brink of extinction, with fewer than 100 animals (one estimate was as low as 30 individuals) remaining in the late 1920s. Protection allowed recovery of the population, which currently numbers about 2000 adults. Despite this pronounced demographic bottleneck (more than 95% of the population was killed), we could find no conclusive genetic evidence of a bottleneck using four of the recently developed tests for detecting such events."
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author Spong, Goran
Hellborg, Linda
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title Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
title_short Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
title_full Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
title_fullStr Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
title_full_unstemmed Near-extinction Event in Lynx: Do Microsatellite Data Tell the Tale?
title_sort near-extinction event in lynx: do microsatellite data tell the tale?
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