Neutral genetic homogeneity of arctic fox across North America.

• 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
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258975.g002

Analyses of the 29 presumed neutral SNPs after filtering with Variant Effect Predictor, MAF = 2.5%, and pruning for Linkage disequilibrium A) principle component analysis B) STRUCTURE analysis of K = 2 and 3 (top and bottom respectively), where each bar across horizontal axis indicates an individual, vertical axis depicts cluster assignment, and different colors depict each genetic cluster; Arviat = black square; Chevak = yellow circle; Hooper Bay = blue triangle; Victoria Island = green diamond.