The genetic legacy of the first successful reintroduction of a mammal to Britain: Founder events and attempted genetic rescue in Scotland's beaver population

Autor: Helen R. Taylor, Jean‐Marc Costanzi, Kara L. Dicks, Helen V. Senn, Sarah Robinson, Gill Dowse, Alex D. Ball

Publikováno v: Evolutionary Applications, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)

Abstract Conservation translocations often inherently involve a risk of genetic diversity loss, and thus loss of adaptive potential, but this risk is rarely quantified or monitored through time. The reintroduction of beavers to Scotland, via the Scot

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Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free‐living sheep population

Autor: Kathryn A. Watt, Wei Huang, Jill G. Pilkington, Kara L. Dicks, Josephine M. Pemberton, Susan E. Johnston, Alexandra M. Sparks, Keith T. Ballingall

Publikováno v: Huang, W, Dicks, K L, Ballingall, K T, Johnston, S E, Sparks, A M, Watt, K, Pilkington, J G & Pemberton, J M 2021, ' Associations between MHC class II variation and phenotypic traits in a free-living sheep population ', Molecular Ecology . https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16265

Pathogen-mediated selection (PMS) is thought to maintain the high level of allelic diversity observed in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes. A comprehensive way to demonstrate contemporary selection is to examine associations b

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https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16265

Applying genomics to metapopulation management in North American insurance populations of southern sable antelope (Hippotragus niger niger) and addra gazelle (Nanger dama ruficollis)

Autor: Rebecca M. Gooley, Kara L. Dicks, Gina M. Ferrie, Robert C. Lacy, Jonathan D. Ballou, Taylor Callicrate, Helen Senn, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Cody W. Edwards, Budhan S. Pukazhenthi

Publikováno v: Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol 33, Iss, Pp e01969-(2022)

Insurance populations can provide a short-term safeguard for at-risk species. The goal for all insurance populations should be to maintain a high welfare, genetically diverse, self-sustaining population that is available for eventual reintroduction o

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421005199

MHC class IIa haplotypes derived by high throughput SNP screening in an isolated sheep population

Autor: Keith T. Ballingall, Josephine M. Pemberton, Kara L. Dicks, Susan E. Johnston

Investigating the current evolutionary processes acting on a highly polymorphic gene region, such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), requires extensive population data for both genotypes and phenotypes. The MHC consists of several tightly

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.20.212225

Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA

Autor: Nasser Zabanoot, Helen Senn, Kara L. Dicks, Steven Ross, Mudhafar Al-Umairi, Mark Craig, Robert A. Briers, Patrick J. C. White, Ali Aka'ak, Hani Al-Saadi, Alex Ball, Ahmed Hardan, Taimur Al-Said, Mataab K. Al-Ghafri, Haitham Al-Amri, Muhammad Ghazali

Publikováno v: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 5 (2021)
Royal Society Open Science

The Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is patchily distributed across parts of Africa and Arabia. In Oman, it is one of the few free-ranging wild mammals found in the central and southern regions. Its population is declining due to habitat degradation, huma

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https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210125