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Genetic restoration of the Florida panther

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Johnson, Warren E., Onorato, David P., Roelke, Melody E., Land, E. Darrell, Cunningham, Mark, Belden, Robert C., McBride, Roy, Jansen, Deborah +8 more·2010·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1192891PMC PMC6993177
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Return of the Florida Panther: The Florida panther is an endangered lineage that has been the target of extensive human management to maintain genetic diversity within a small population. Now, Johnson et al. (p. 1641 ; see the Perspective by Packer ) provide comprehensive genetic and demographic analyses of a project to rescue the Florida panther from inbreeding, low genetic diversity, inbreeding depression, and demographic stochasticity by outcrossing it to Texas pumas. The genetics and reproductive fitness traits of different panther populations and their crosses reveal the benefits of outcrossing on survival, genetic diversity, male reproductive characteristics, and population demography.

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  • A widely used intervention strategy involves identifying genetically diverse populations of the same species to serve as donor populations, whose individuals can be translocated to increase genetic variation in the at-risk group.

    “A widely used intervention strategy involves identifying genetically diverse populations of the same species to serve as donor populations, whose individuals can be translocated to increase genetic variation in the at-risk group (194, 195).”

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    The Abstract reports that managers translocated eight Texas pumas to increase the Florida panther population’s depleted genetic diversity, directly illustrating the intervention described. Our copy does not establish that this strategy is widely used or describe a general process for identifying donor populations. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Johnson, W. E., Onorato, D. P., Roelke, M. E., Land, E. D., Cunningham, M., Belden, R. C., McBride, R., Jansen, D., Lotz, M., Shindle, D., Howard, J., Wildt, D. E., Penfold, L. M., Hostetler, J. A., Oli, M. K., & O’Brien, S. J.
Affiliations
  • National Cancer Institute (US)
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (US)
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service (US)
  • Livestock Protection Company, Alpine, TX 79832, USA.
  • Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, FL 34141, USA.
  • Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (US)
  • White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, FL 32046, USA.
  • University of Florida (US)
Corresponding author
  • Johnson, Warren E.
  • Onorato, David P.
  • Roelke, Melody E.
  • Land, E. Darrell
  • O’Brien, Stephen J.
ORCID
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2010-09-24
Volume
329
Issue
5999
Pages
1641-1645
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1192891
PMC
PMC6993177
OpenAlex
W2031856012
Cited by
659
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FWCI
13.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01co12400-79-0-22)
  • National Cancer Institute (N01CO12400, Z01BC005367, Z01BC005385)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Keywords
Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi, genetic restoration, translocation, inbreeding depression, genetic diversity, heterozygosity, population management, large carnivore conservation, population growth, habitat loss
MeSH terms
Animals, Animals, Wild, Female, Florida, Heterozygote, Hybrid Vigor, Hybridization, Genetic, Inbreeding, Male, Phylogeny, Population Density, Reproduction, Survival, Texas, Genetic Variation, Ecosystem, Puma, Genetic Fitness, Endangered Species

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