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ArticleEvolutionary applications2024

Can genetic rescue help save Arabia's last big cat?

Hadi Al Hikmani, Cock van Oosterhout, Thomas Birley, Jim Labisko, Hazel A Jackson, Andrew Spalton, Simon Tollington, Jim J Groombridge

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Article in Evolutionary applications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. First Genome Assembly of the Critically Endangered Arabian Leopard (International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. Genetic Rescue: Latest Advances and Applications.Evolutionary applications · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hadi Al HikmaniDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences University of Kent Canterbury Kent UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-0947
Cock van OosterhoutSchool of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park Norwich UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5653-738X
Thomas BirleySchool of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park Norwich UK.
Jim LabiskoDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences University of Kent Canterbury Kent UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9324-5899
Hazel A JacksonDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences University of Kent Canterbury Kent UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-2025
Andrew SpaltonThe Royal Commission for AlUla AlUla Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0646-547X
Simon TollingtonDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences University of Kent Canterbury Kent UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2450-7255
Jim J GroombridgeDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, Division of Human and Social Sciences University of Kent Canterbury Kent UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-8187

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic diversity underpins evolutionary potential that is essential for the long-term viability of wildlife populations. Captive populations harbor genetic diversity potentially lost in the wild, which could be valuable for release programs and genetic rescue. The Critically Endangered Arabian leopard (

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Arabian leopardcamera trapsendangered speciesgenetic diversitygenetic rescuenoninvasive samplingPanthera pardus nimrsmall populations

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PMID38784837
PMCPMC11113348

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