Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in Alpine ibex
C. Grossen, F. Guillaume, L. F. Keller, D. Croll
The paper shows that severe population bottlenecks in Alpine ibex led to purging of highly deleterious mutations but accumulation of mildly deleterious ones, highlighting the need to prevent population declines below ~1000 individuals.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2019Evolutionary Biology