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Evaluation of Applications to Carry Out Research to Determine the Taxonomy of Wild Canids in the Southeastern United States (2020) / Chapter Skim
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... Preliminary evidence suggests that these wild canines, originally thought to be coyotes, may at a minimum carry some red wolf alleles or, at a maximum, may be overlooked populations of wild red wolves. Genetic analyses of two deceased animals on Galveston Island, Texas, revealed shared alleles with the captive breeding red wolf population in North Carolina and also some genetic variation that is distinct from any known wild North American canine.1 Analyses of DNA microsatellite variation at 9 nuclear loci and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
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... No single application would unambiguously resolve the taxonomic status of the canid populations in the southeastern United States. However, aspects of two of the applications were of high scientific merit and could together yield reliable conclusions about red wolf identity in the canids in southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas.
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... In the second application, the principal investigators proposed to create more robust genomic reference data than currently exists, which will be critical for the unambiguous interpretation of genomic data on the unidentified canids in the southeastern United States. The work in the second application could be completed well in advance of any genomic analysis of field-collected samples.
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... Committee Roster F Acknowledgment of Report Reviewers *
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