Genetic Variation and Metapopulation Structure Inform Recovery Goals in a Threatened Species
Our results support the maintenance of connectivity within evolutionarily significant units through the restoration of dispersal corridors. Next steps could include further sampling of some subpopulations with low sample sizes, unsampled subpopulations, and subpopulations that are geographically isolated. Genotyping future samples with the same GT-seq panel would help to detect dispersal, assess effective population size, monitor the effects of inbreeding, and evaluate adaptive differentiation to monitor the effects of management action and environmental change.
Authors
- Molly J. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-7762)
- Courtney J. Conway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-2953)
- Paul A. Hohenlohe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7616-0161)
- Lisette P. Waits (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-0812)
Institutions
- United States Geological Survey (US)
- University of Idaho (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Genes
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/genes16060694
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.63
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Forest Service