Bighorn Are Less Genetically Diverse than a Century Ago, University of Idaho Study Finds

Bighorn are less genetically diverse than a century ago, University of Idaho study finds

Rocky Mountain bighorn in Idaho once intermixed with desert bighorns, making them more genetically diverse and likely better able to adapt to challenges.

Century of decline reduces genetic diversity and connectivity in Idaho bighorn sheep

MOSCOW—Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Idaho once intermixed with desert bighorns, making populations a century ago more genetically diverse and likely better able to adapt to environmental and physiological stressors, according to a study by the University of Idaho and…

University of Idaho Study finds long-term decline reduced genetic diversity in Idaho bighorn sheep

Display of the John Carrey collection at the Jack O’Connor Hunting Heritage and Education Center at Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston. – University of Idaho MOSCOW, ID — A study from the University of Idaho and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game shows more than a century of population decline has reduced genetic diversity and connectivity among Idaho’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Researchers found bighorn sheep once had greater genetic dive…