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ArticleEvolutionary applications2026

Resolving the Evolutionary History of Bighorn Sheep to Inform Future Management: An Answer to the California Bighorn Lineage Question.

Joshua P Jahner, Thomas L Parchman, Marjorie D Matocq, Mike Cox, Rachel S Crowhurst, Lanie M Galland, Shelby M Burdo, Michael R Buchalski, Joshua M Hallas, Soraia Barbosa and 14 more

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Article in Evolutionary applications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Joshua P JahnerDepartment of Biology New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro New Mexico USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8121-6783
Thomas L ParchmanDepartment of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1771-1514
Marjorie D MatocqDepartment of Natural Resources and Environmental Science University of Nevada Reno Nevada USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-3749
Mike CoxNevada Department of Wildlife Reno Nevada USA.
Rachel S CrowhurstDepartment of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2281-9693
Lanie M GallandDepartment of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-1032
Shelby M BurdoDepartment of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3731-2513
Michael R BuchalskiWildlife Genetics Research Unit, Wildlife Health Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Sacramento California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5917-3577
Joshua M HallasWildlife Genetics Research Unit, Wildlife Health Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Sacramento California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4147-4037
Soraia BarbosaCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7806-4256
David W ColtmanDepartment of Biology Western University London Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-2307
Samuel DeakinDepartment of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada.
Holly B ErnestDepartment of Veterinary Sciences University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0205-8818
Sierra M Love StowellDepartment of Veterinary Sciences University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming USA.
Hollie MiyasakiIdaho Department of Fish and Game Idaho Falls Idaho USA.
Kevin L MonteithHaub School of Environment and Natural Resources, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Zoology and Physiology Department University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-5465
Annette RougUtah Division of Wildlife Resources Salt Lake City Utah USA.
Helen SchwantjeBritish Columbia Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship (Emeritus) Nanaimo British Columbia Canada.
Robert S SpaanDepartment of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3182-1894
Thomas R StephensonSierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Bishop California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9412-8309
Jace TaylorU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hill Air Force Base Utah USA.
Lisette P WaitsDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Sciences University of Idaho Moscow Idaho USA.
John D WehausenSierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation Bishop California USA.
Clinton W EppsDepartment of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6577-1840

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although translocations can be effective for augmenting and restoring wild populations, they can disrupt native patterns of genetic structure, diversity, and local adaptation, thereby hampering conservation efforts. Managers must weigh potential costs and benefits of choosing well-differentiated donor individuals that could confer a boost to genetic diversity while avoiding outbreeding depression or ecological mismatch. This decision is more daunting when taxonomy is unclear or debated. For example, bighorn sheep (

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California bighorn sheepgenetic legacygenotyping‐by‐sequencinglineageOvis canadensistranslocation

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