Revealing Amur tiger family pedigrees based on age identification using fecal microbiome and kinship analysis
This study established a comprehensive scientific framework for pedigree reconstruction based on age determination in Amur tigers and developed a scalable, non-invasive methodology offering opportunities for population structure and promoting the precision of conservation for wild tigers.
Authors
- Dejun Mu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-9437)
- Yong Yao
- Valentin Yu Guskov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2556-6834)
- Xiao Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1128-4099)
- Junguang Lu
- Ning Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-401X)
- Chang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-3701)
- Yifei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-8159)
- Kai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5061-2374)
- Zhijian He
- Dan Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-9714)
- Guangshun Jiang
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology Liaoning (CN)
- Chongqing University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Changchun Discovery Sciences (China) (CN)
- Ansteel (China) (CN)
- Wuhan Business University (CN)
- Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS (RU)
- Jilin Agricultural University (CN)
- Northeast Forestry University (CN)
- Hubei University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1666201
- Primary Topic
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation