| genetic depletion at adaptive but not neutral loci in an endangered bird species. | many endangered species suffer from the loss of genetic diversity, but some populations may be able to thrive even if genetically depleted. to investigate the underlying genetic processes of population bottlenecks, we apply an innovative approach for assessing genetic diversity in the last known population of the endangered pale-headed brushfinch (atlapetes pallidiceps) in ecuador. first, we measure genetic diversity at eleven neutral microsatellite loci and adaptive snp variation in five toll-l ... | 2014 | 25345968 |