Genetic purging in an island-endemic pigeon recovering from the brink of extinction
Abstract In many endangered species with increased homozygosity, population recovery is limited by expressed deleterious mutations. In contrast, the critically endangered red-headed wood pigeon, endemic to an isolated oceanic archipelago of ~100 km2, experienced a dramatic population increase three...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08476-z |
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