Genomic evaluation of hybridization in historic and modern North American Bison (Bison bison)

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Stroupe, Sam, Forgacs, David, Harris, Andrew, Derr, James N., Davis, Brian W.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Canada; Wood Buffalo; Wood Bison; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9013353/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35430616; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09828-z

During the late nineteenth century North American bison underwent a significant population bottleneck resulting in a reduction in population size of over 99% and a species-level near-extinction event. Factors responsible for this destruction included indiscriminate killing, loss of access to suitabl...