What is it about?
In 1995, the Florida Panthers were estimated to be less than 30 individuals. To help reduce the inbreeding, eight pumas from Texas were translocated with the intent of genetic rescue. Thirty years after the introduction of Texas pumas into Florida, our study aims to understand how this intervention has benefited or affected the Florida panthers at the genetic level. We also use simulations as a tool to understand how the translocation affects fitness and how long the effects of the translocation will last.
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Why is it important?
This study helps us understand how we can manage populations of concern and what can we expect after translocation of individuals. We learned that in this case, the Florida genetic diversity is still preserved in the population.
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This page is a summary of: Genetic rescue of Florida panthers reduced homozygosity but did not swamp ancestral genotypes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2410945122.
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