Recently Delisted Songbird Harbors Extensive Genomic Evidence of Inbreeding, Potentially Complicating Future Recovery
Anna María Calderón, Andrew W. Wood, Zachary A. Szpiech, David P. L. Toews · 2024
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Description
Anna María Calderón and three co-authors read, in 2024 work, the genome of a songbird that climbed back from near death. The Kirtland's warbler fell so low in the 1970s that it won guard status; decades of care lifted it, and guards were lifted in 2019. Whole gene reads were set next to two kin birds with large, steady counts.
The warbler bears long runs of same-code spans, the mark of kin mating, and a fat share of harmful code shifts. Its kin show far less. Counts are back, the team warns, but the gene pool is thin and loaded. Gene watch should ride with delisting calls.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anna María Calderón, Andrew W. Wood, Zachary A. Szpiech, David P. L. Toews |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |