Models based on best-available information support a low inbreeding load and potential for recovery in the vaquita

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. ckyriazis@g.ucla.edu.
• ² Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. jacqueline.robinson@ucsf.edu.
• ³ Advanced Genomics Unit, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (Langebio), Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav); Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
• ⁴ Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
• ⁵ Ocean Wise, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• ⁶ Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA, USA.
• ⁷ MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.
• ⁸ Centre de Recherche en Écologie et Évolution de la Santé (CREES), Montpellier, France.
• ⁹ Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• ¹⁰ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• ¹¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. klohmueller@g.ucla.edu.
• ¹² Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. klohmueller@g.ucla.edu.
• ¹³ Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA, USA. phillip.morin@noaa.gov.