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1/8 Paper out! Loss of mitochondrial genetic diversity despite population growth in the Iberian wolf🧬🐺 #wolfConsevol
#SpecialIssue "Advance in Canine Genetics" @Genes_MDPI
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@ebdonana @PhD_EBD @consevol @unipotsdam @MDPIOpenAccess
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#SpecialIssue "Advance in Canine Genetics" @Genes_MDPI
Find out more -> mdpi.com/2031456
@ebdonana @PhD_EBD @consevol @unipotsdam @MDPIOpenAccess
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2/8 Iberian wolves declined in the last two centuries due to human persecution and habitat fragmentation. Since the min number around 1970s ☠️📉, their numbers have significantly increased📈 and then stabilized in recent decades.
3/8 We used whole mitogenomes🧬from historical ☠️and modern Iberian wolves to test if the recent population expansion since the 1970s has halted the loss of genetic diversity after centuries of intense persecution.
Photo: @isabel_salado. Iberian wolf skulls from @coleccionesEBD
Photo: @isabel_salado. Iberian wolf skulls from @coleccionesEBD
