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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (

Ronald V K Mellya, J Grant C Hopcraft, William Mwakilema, Ernest M Eblate, Simon Mduma, Bakari Mnaya, Idrissa S Chuma, Emmanuel S Macha, Dickson Wambura, Robert D Fyumagwa and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Natural dispersal is better than translocation for reducing risks of inbreeding depression in eastern black rhinoceros (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ronald V K MellyaSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
J Grant C HopcraftSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9617-9951
William MwakilemaTanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania.
Ernest M EblateTanzania Wildlife Research Institute, P.O. Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID 0009-0005-4220-2895
Simon MdumaSerengeti Biodiversity Programme, P.O. Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0003-0063-9501
Bakari MnayaTanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania.
Idrissa S ChumaTanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania.
Emmanuel S MachaTanzania National Parks, P.O. Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania.
Dickson WamburaNgorongoro Conservation Area Authority, P.O. Box 1, Ngorongoro, Arusha, Tanzania.
Robert D FyumagwaWildlife Conservation Initiative, P.O. Box 16020, Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID 0009-0005-3607-4444
Elizabeth KilbrideSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
Umer Z IjazJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow 12 8QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5780-8551
Barbara K MableSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7118-4116
Anubhab Khan *School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6342-6522

Funding

Leverhulme Trust RPG-2020-081National Geographic Society (NGS) EC-51221R-18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to increasing anthropogenic impacts, many species survive only in small and isolated populations. Active conservation management to reduce extinction risk includes increasing habitat connectivity, translocations from captive populations, or intensive surveillance of highly protected closed populations. Advances in sequencing technology mean that it is now possible to consider the genomic impacts of such strategies, as a proxy for variation in individual fitness. Using whole genome sequences from critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros (

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Animal DistributionInbreeding DepressionPerissodactylaAnimalsConservation of Natural ResourcesEcosystemEndangered SpeciesFemaleHomozygoteInbreedingMaleconservation managementendangered speciesgenetic loadinbreedingwhole genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID40460127
PMCPMC12167989

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