Population genomics reveals extensive inbreeding and purging of mutational load in wild Amur tigers
Tianming Lan, Haimeng Li, Le Zhang, Minhui Shi, Boyang Liu, Liangyu Cui, Nicolás Dussex, Qing Wang, Yue Ma, Dan Liu, Weiyao Kong, Jiangang Wang, Haorong Lu, Shaofang Zhang, Jieyao Yu, , Yanchun Xu
This study finds higher inbreeding and purging of mutational load in wild Amur tigers compared to captive individuals, suggesting purifying selection reduces deleterious alleles in wild populations.
bioRxiv · May 9, 2023 · PreprintGenomics