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tylertheuncreator954 karma

They’re extinct. The last known individual died in 1987, they were declared extinct in 1990. There are still other subspecies of Seaside Sparrow, but these were different and special. Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows which are also found in Florida also aren’t faring to well, but neither are most Seaside Sparrows. Habitat loss and sea level rise pose very real threats to the future survival of the species as a whole.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_seaside_sparrow

tylertheuncreator953 karma

Also to the smallest whale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaquita?wprov=sfti1

I don’t know, I wrestle with it every day.

tylertheuncreator952 karma

Where did she make that assumption?

tylertheuncreator951 karma

Hi,

I currently work as technician for a research organization looking at the population genetics of Swamp, Song, Seaside, Saltmarsh, and Nelson’s Sparrows and I am very interested in continuing work with avian population genetics in the future.

Could you give me a brief explanation of any trends that are apparent with regards to the genetics of these two populations? I’m guessing there isn’t a hybrid zone between the two populations as I believe the Eastern subspecies only winters in Florida, so you wouldn’t be able to look at any introgression between the two. Also if the two population do not interbreed, why hasn’t the species been split yet, couldn’t that possibly afford more governmental protections to the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow?

Finally, Do have any advice for looking for population genetics graduate programs? I’d be particularly interested in schools that can provide access to in-house sequencing machines, and so far the only school that I know with them is UNH.

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So your solution is what exactly?