Genetic load and adaptive potential of a recovered avian species that narrowly avoided extinction
G. Femerling, C. Van Oosterhout, S. Feng, R. Bristol, G. Zhang, J. Groombridge, M. T. P. Gilbert, H. E. Morales
The paper examines genetic diversity and adaptive potential in the Seychelles paradise flycatcher, showing reduced genetic diversity and masked deleterious mutations after a population bottleneck.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2022Evolutionary Biology