Approximate arctic rabies variant distributions in North America and schematic of the 96 arctic fox samples used in the genotype-by-sequencing assay.

• Main Authors: Tristan M. Baecklund (10573715), Michael E. Donaldson (4431115), Karsten Hueffer (606200), Christopher J. Kyle (8136867)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Genetics; Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; Infectious Diseases; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; somewhat unexpected given; rapidly changing environments; north american range; necessarily reflect causation; corroborating past research; undermine local adaptation; local adaptation enhance; contrasting genetic structure; mediate host responses; provide data relevant; div >< p; neutral genetic structure; arctic rabies variants; local adaptation; genetic structure; neutral loci; primary host; natural host; host populations; traits expected; sequencing assay; sampled regions; remains unknown; outliers associated; northern climates; lived nature; largely persists; increased frequencies; geographic distributions; foxes predominated; evolutionary relationships; dispersal capacities; direct link; differential selection; data contribute; assessed correlations; arctic rabies; arctic fox; advantageous genotypes; Arctic; Arctic Fox; Arviat; Victoria Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258975.g001

Circles indicate sample locations; numbers within circles indicate sample size. Samples were obtained from Arviat, NU (n = 36); Victoria Island, NWT (n = 36); and two regions of Southwest Alaska, (Chevak (n = 12) and Hooper Bay (n = 12). Approximate arctic rabies viral variant distributions (ARV 2,3,4) are depicted by colored regions (see in-figure legend). The schematic of viral variant distributions was adapted from Goldsmith et al., 2016 [ 31 ] for illustrative purposes only. Map created using Natural Earth ( naturalearthdata.com ).