Who calls the African Wild Dog?
Large carnivores, especially the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, are vulnerable to human-mediated changes and climate effects. As they are apex predators, they also affect lower trophic levels. Due to anthropogenic land-use changes affecting habitat, prey, and population densities, large carnivore...
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| author | Bertills, Mathilda |
| author_browse | Bertills, Mathilda |
| author_facet | Bertills, Mathilda |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Large carnivores, especially the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, are vulnerable to human-mediated changes and climate effects. As they are apex predators, they also affect lower trophic levels. Due to anthropogenic land-use changes affecting habitat, prey, and population densities, large carnivore populations are declining. Thus, accurate population demographic estimates are required for conservation efforts to sustain carnivore populations. Genetic data are of high importance when analysing population demographics as they allow the study of oftentimes cryptic effects (loss of genetic diversity, inbreeding depression, and genetic drift). As next-generation sequencing techniques advance, genetic markers as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) can provide key ecological information. This information can be used to implement conservation efforts to impede the negative effects on populations. The aim of this study was to develop a highly informative SNP panel through de novo SNP discovery and genotyping in the non-modeled African wild dog. A total of 74 SNP markers were validated and 83 individuals were identified. The SNP chip provides a foundation for further research on relatedness, parental linkage, dispersal patterns, population size estimates, and the discovery of cryptic effects. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU174152022-04-05T11:11:56Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17415/ Who calls the African Wild Dog? Bertills, Mathilda Nature conservation and land resources Large carnivores, especially the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, are vulnerable to human-mediated changes and climate effects. As they are apex predators, they also affect lower trophic levels. Due to anthropogenic land-use changes affecting habitat, prey, and population densities, large carnivore populations are declining. Thus, accurate population demographic estimates are required for conservation efforts to sustain carnivore populations. Genetic data are of high importance when analysing population demographics as they allow the study of oftentimes cryptic effects (loss of genetic diversity, inbreeding depression, and genetic drift). As next-generation sequencing techniques advance, genetic markers as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) can provide key ecological information. This information can be used to implement conservation efforts to impede the negative effects on populations. The aim of this study was to develop a highly informative SNP panel through de novo SNP discovery and genotyping in the non-modeled African wild dog. A total of 74 SNP markers were validated and 83 individuals were identified. The SNP chip provides a foundation for further research on relatedness, parental linkage, dispersal patterns, population size estimates, and the discovery of cryptic effects. 2021-12-03 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17415/1/Bertills_M_211203.pdf Bertills, Mathilda, 2021. Who calls the African Wild Dog? : de novo SNP discovery and genotyping in the Lycaon pictus. Second cycle, A2E. Umeå: (S) > Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-251.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17415 eng |
| spellingShingle | Nature conservation and land resources Bertills, Mathilda Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title | Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title_full | Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title_fullStr | Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title_short | Who calls the African Wild Dog? |
| title_sort | who calls the african wild dog? |
| topic | Nature conservation and land resources |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17415/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17415/ |