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A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf (2020) / Chapter Skim
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... Admixed population: a population that contains genes from at least two distantly related populations or species as a result of interbreeding between populations or species that have been reproductively isolated and genetically differentiated. Admixture: the formation of novel genetic combinations through the hybridization of genetically distinct groups.
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From page 78...
... DNA fragments, with no a priori knowledge of the correct sequence or order of those fragments. Dental calculus: calcified dental plaque that form deposits on teeth; also known as tartar.
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From page 79...
... Fitness is quantified as the number or relative proportion of offspring contributed to the next generation. Founder effect: the loss of genetic variation in a population established by a small number of individuals that carry only a fraction of the original genetic diversity from a larger population.
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From page 80...
... Inbreeding: mating between related individuals that results in an increase of homozygosity in the progeny because the individuals possess alleles that are identical by descent derived from the same common ancestor of both parents. Incomplete lineage sorting: a characteristic of phylogenetic reconstruction in which the tree produced by a single gene differs from the population or species level tree because a polymorphism present in the ancestral species is retained in the descendant species.
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From page 81...
... Parapatric: occupying geographic ranges that are partially overlapping or have a partial barrier between them. PCR crossover: the formation of molecules that are hybrids of two original molecules arising through "recombination" during polymerase chain reaction, or PCR.
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... Reference genome: a representative genome from one individual organism used to represent the genome of its species. Reproductive isolation: the separation of distinct gene pools as a result of genetic differences that prevent successful interbreeding.
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... Tension zone: a persistent hybrid zone in which the transition between the two parental types is maintained by the conflicting effects of dispersal of parental forms and selection against hybrids. Whole-genome sequencing: the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism's genome.
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Key Terms

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  • dna sequence
  • genetic variation
  • quantitative trait
  • polymerase chain

  • chain reaction
  • reproductive isolation
  • parental types
  • american canids
  • eastern united

  • single nucleotide
  • hybrid zone
  • describing north
  • nucleotide site
  • preventing mating

  • ice age
  • incomplete lineage
  • entire genome
  • gene flow
  • genetic literature

  • molecules arising
  • discrete trait
  • dna contained
  • dna sample
  • persistent hybrid

  • chromosomes originating
  • mitochondrial dna
  • descendant species
  • complementary bases
  • taxonomically defined


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