Genetic Evidence of a Population Bottleneck and Inbreeding in the Endangered New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri

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Genetic Evidence of a Population Bottleneck and Inbreeding in the Endangered New Zealand Sea Lion, Phocarctos hookeri

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Otago University Research Archive

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The New Zealand sea lion (NZSL) is of high conservation concern due to its limited distribution and its declining population size. Historically, it occupied most of coastal New Zealand, but is now restricted to a few coastal sites in southern mainland New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic Islands. NZSLs have experienced a recent reduction in population size due to sealing in the 1900s, which is expected to have resulted in increased inbreeding and a loss of genetic variation, potentially reducing...

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Date created

2016-09

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Osborne, Amy J / Negro, Sandra S / Chilvers, B Louise / Robertson, Bruce C / Kennedy, Martin A / Gemmell, Neil J

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/29563

Related subjects

Animals / Bayes Theorem / Endangered Species / Evolution, Molecular / Genetic Variation / Genetics, Population / Genotype / Inbreeding / Microsatellite Repeats / New Zealand / Sea Lions - genetics

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