Episode #87 Bridgett VonHoldt - Genomic Studies in Wolves & 'Ghost' Genes

Bridgett VonHoldt is the Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She has been studying ecological epigenomics which address the ecological and evolutionary questions regarding animals adaptations & response to selection. Bridgett spoke to us about her work regarding the genomic & phenotypic diversity between dogs and wolves, and how captured coyotes in the Gulf Coast of the United States could be harboring red wolf genes in their populations. Coyotes with Dog Genomic AncestryPopulation Structure and Gene Flow in Grey Wolf Populations of the Northern Rockies 'Ghost' DNA Red Wolves in TexasThe VonHoldt Lab@thebeeps