Dr. Jazlyn Mooney published a paper in PNAS titled “Unraveling the genomic diversity and admixture history of captive tigers in the United States”. The study reveals that the captive tiger population contains ancestry from all six extant wild tiger subspecies, similar to what is observed in wild populations. It establishes a reference panel of tiger ancestry assessment using ultralow coverage genomic data, which can be used cost-effectively to support monitoring and management decisions. Read the paper here, and highlights in the NY Times, Science, and USC Today.
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