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(Public Library of Science, 2014-06-12)Species biogeography is a result of complex events and factors associated with climate change, ecological interactions, anthropogenic impacts, physical geography, and evolution. To understand the contemporary biogeography ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)Accurate abundance estimates are important for the management of species. Many abundance estimates are based off of capture-mark-recapture analyses which have several limitations that can reduce the accuracy of abundance ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)Offspring that are a product of inbreeding often have reduced fitness, known as inbreeding depression. Though our understanding of the impacts of inbreeding depression in wild populations is in its infancy, it is thought ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)A concern of conservation biology is the viability of small, isolated populations because these are expected to lose genetic diversity at a greater rate than large populations due to genetic drift. Factors such as non-random ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)The goal of this project was to assess the influence that genetic characteristics at gamete compatibility genes have on the reduced reproductive rates in the endangered North Atlantic right whale. To do this candidate genes ...
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(Wiley, 2014-11)Characterizing movement dynamics and spatial aspects of gene flow within a species permits inference on population structuring. As patterns of structuring are products of historical and current demographics and gene ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)The purpose of this project was to understand how genetic factors may be influencing cancer susceptibility and mortality patterns in the St. Lawrence beluga. To assess if variation along candidate genes are influencing ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)The little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) is a vagile species occupying a large distributional throughout most of North America. Myotis lucifugus separate into female maternity colonies to rear their young, and males appear ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)The techniques for genetic species identification and inferring past population sizes are being utilized in more fields than just population genetics. Anthropology, conservation biology, and species management are also ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Limited gene flow can divide a species into populations, forming population structure. Population structure is important for evolution and conservation so methods for detecting them were developed. With prior assumptions ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)The St. Lawrence River beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) population is geographically and reproductively isolated from other beluga populations. This small population is also endangered, therefore learning the population ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-09)Although small populations are expected to lose genetic diversity through genetic drift and inbreeding, a number of mechanisms exist that could minimize this genetic decline. Examples include mate choice for unrelated mates ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)It is often difficult to asses the social and mating structure of populations through the usage of observational methods alone. Molecular methods give greater insight into patterns of relatedness within populations, and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)Altruistic behavior, such as caring for the offspring of others, is an intriguing phenomenon observed in several mammalian species. One of the most successful theories for explaining how this behavior could have evolved ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)Sable Island is a long, narrow sandbar off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Despite its small size the island has been home to a population of feral horses (Equus ferus caballus L.) since the early 1800s. These horses are ...
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