Publications by authors named "Lanie M Galland"
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- Hybridization significantly impacts the evolution of multicellular eukaryotes, but the influence of ecological factors on this process is not well understood.
- A 3-year study of hybridization between Bryant's woodrat and desert woodrat in Whitewater, CA, revealed that about 40% of individuals have mixed ancestry due to backcrossing.
- Interestingly, the survival rates of hybrids were similar to the more abundant parental species, while the less common parental species had lower survival rates, suggesting hybridization is limited by the abundance of desert woodrat rather than by negative selection against the hybrids.
Population genetic analyses can evaluate how evolutionary processes shape diversity and inform conservation and management of imperiled species. Taimen (Hucho taimen), the world's largest freshwater salmonid, is threatened, endangered, or extirpated across much of its range due to anthropogenic activity including overfishing and habitat degradation. We generated genetic data using high throughput sequencing of reduced representation libraries for taimen from multiple drainages in Mongolia and Russia.
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