Lake Bonneville's Legacy: Genetic Drift and Diversity Loss in Snake Range Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

Authors

Tanner Van Orden, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Dennis Shiozawa, Brigham Young University - Provo
Peter Searle, Brigham Young University - Provo
Ana Kokkonen, Brigham Young University - Provo
Jonathan Reynolds, Brigham Young University - Provo
R. Paul Evans, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow

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Keywords

Genetics, Bioinformatics, Fisheries, Biogeography

Abstract

• Many Bonneville Basin streams have been isolated for 18,000-plus years (Behnke 1976).
• Bonneville cutthroat trout in small streams may have been experiencing genetic drift since the desiccation of Lake Bonneville.
• Small streams in the west desert of Utah and Nevada are at a high risk of genetic drift and diversity loss due to their small size

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Van Orden, Tanner; Shiozawa, Dennis; Searle, Peter; Kokkonen, Ana; Reynolds, Jonathan; and Evans, R. Paul, "Lake Bonneville's Legacy: Genetic Drift and Diversity Loss in Snake Range Bonneville Cutthroat Trout" (2024). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2024. 59.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2024/59

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2024-03-21

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Junior

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