Julie Bommerlund
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PhD student at the Swedish Arctic Fox Project, Stockholm University
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Julie Bommerlund
The Swedish Arctic Fox Project/Svenska fjällrävsprojektet
4 months ago
New study on arctic fox genomics shows strong effects of fur farming: reduced diversity, inbreeding, and coastal origins linked to Icelandic foxes. A reminder that domestication leaves deep genetic footprints. 🔗
doi.org/10.1111/mec.70166
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That's So Last Season: Unraveling the Genomic Consequences of Fur Farming in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus)
Humans have relied on animal fur for centuries, yet fur farming only began recently during the mid-19th Century. Little is known about this incipient domestication or the genomic processes involved. ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70166
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