{"id":857,"date":"2022-04-27T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/?p=857"},"modified":"2022-04-27T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T16:14:01","slug":"genetic-analysis-of-elephant-species-in-guinea-conakry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/2022-presentations\/genetic-analysis-of-elephant-species-in-guinea-conakry\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Analysis of Elephant Species in Guinea Conakry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Olivia Bruni<\/strong>\u00a0Biology, Education<br><strong>Olivia Groenewold<\/strong>\u00a0Biology<br><br><strong>Adam Brandt<\/strong>\u00a0Professor of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Presentation Time:<\/b> April 28, 3:30pm &#8211; 4:00pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-1870x1403.png 1870w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bruni_Groenewold-ELE_URF2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Poster<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;In the aim of conservation, this project studied the elephant population in the transitional zone of Guinea Conakry to determine whether the individuals in the population are African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana), or a hybridized species. In the transitional zone, the elephants live under low surveillance and security, making them vulnerable to poaching. In this study, we collected genetic data from the elephants of Guinea Conakry to better understand their taxonomic affinity and added to a larger genetic database that has been developed to locate the origin of ivory seized from poachers to better direct efforts and resources for African elephant conservation. We&nbsp; accomplished three goals by conducting this research: 1) used DNA to determine the elephant species found within the transition zone in Guinea Conakry, 2) identified single nucleotide polymorphisms indicative of hybridization, and 3) added this data to the growing trans-African genetic database to aid in anti-poaching efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Bruni\u00a0Biology, EducationOlivia Groenewold\u00a0Biology Adam Brandt\u00a0Professor of Biology Presentation Time: April 28, 3:30pm &#8211; 4:00pm View Poster Abstract &nbsp;In the aim of conservation, this project studied the elephant population in the transitional zone of Guinea Conakry to determine whether the individuals in the population are African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2022-presentations","tag-poster","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1290,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/1290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.knight.domains\/urf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}