First regional evaluation of nuclear genetic diversity and population structure in northeastern coyotes (Canis latrans)

摘要: Previous genetic studies of eastern coyotes ( Canis latrans) are based on one two strategies: sampling many individuals using or very few molecular markers, genomic markers. Thus, a regional analysis diversity and population structure in samples several markers is lacking. I evaluated 385 northeastern 16 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A region-wide revealed three primary populations, but these do not correspond to the same subdivisions inferred previous mitochondrial DNA sequences. More focused geographic analyses indicated that ample occurs from an intermediate contact zone where range expansion fronts meet. These results demonstrate genotyping highly heterozygous SNPs large, geographically dense sample effective way detect cryptic structure. The importance wildlife genomics rapidly increasing; this study adds growing body recent literature demonstrates utility ascertained model organism for evolutionary inference closely related species.