Museum specimens of a landlocked pinniped reveal recent loss of genetic diversity and unexpected population connections
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.19.492422
Abstract: Aim The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is endemic to Lake Saimaa in Finland. The subspecies is thought to have originated when parts of the ringed seal population of the Baltic region were trapped… read more here.
Keywords: saimaa ringed; ringed seal; population; genetic diversity ... See more keywords
High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16569
Abstract: Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations… read more here.
Keywords: structure; lice; saimaa ringed; host ... See more keywords