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Rebecca S Taylor1, Micheline Manseau1, Peng Liu1
1Landscape Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
Abstract:
Here, we present a protocol to analyze genetic load in caribou (Rangifer tarandus) using a modified version of the genomic evolutionary rate profiling (GERP) program. We describe steps for multi-species alignment including automation of input file production and generating evolutionary conservation scores. We detail procedures for streamlining the extraction of sites of interest from a variant calling format (VCF) file as known derived alleles using three outgroup species to enable the measurement of genetic load. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Taylor et al.1.
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