Historical population declines prompted significant genomic erosion in the northern and southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
F. Sanchez Barreiro, S. Gopalakrishnan, J. Ramos-Madrigal, M. V. Westbury, M. de Manuel, A. Margaryan, M. M. Ciucani, F. G. Vieira, Y. Patramanis, D. Kalthoff, Z. Timmons, T. Sicheritz-Ponten, L. Dalen, O. A. Ryder, G. Zhang, , M. T. P. Gilbert
The paper analyzes genomic changes in white rhinoceros subspecies before and after population declines, finding reduced genetic diversity and increased inbreeding in both.
bioRxiv · May 10, 2020Evolutionary Biology