The Effect of a Bottleneck on Genomic Variation: a Study of the White-Tailed Eagle in Iceland

Abstract

As a part of a PhD project we are investigating the genomics of the current Icelandic white-tailed eagle population, in comparison with genomic data from other larger and outbred populations, and to historic samples from before the bottleneck in Iceland. We are examining the population structure, potential effects of small population size, signs of inbreeding and genomic selection. We present here the results of an analyzes of a bottleneck using the Whitetailed Eagles as a case study.

Keywords

• birds of prey
• white-tailed sea eagle
• haliaeetus albicilla
• genetic