Studying the Correlation Between MHC Microsatellites and Susceptibility to Mange in the Yellowstone Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)

• Main Author: Pompi, Quin
• Other Authors: vonHoldt, Bridgett M.
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Almberg; Canis lupus; gray wolf
• Online Access: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp011j92gb07g

Since the reintroduction of the Yellowstone Gray wolf (Canis lupus) to Yellowstone National Park some 13 years ago, multiple diseases and parasites have been found to hamper the reintroduction effort. Tightly knit social formation within packs and behavioral patterns allow for parasites like the Sar...