The role of a mechanistic host in maintaining arctic rabies variant distributions: Assessment of functional genetic diversity in Alaskan red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

• Tristan M. Baecklund ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tristan M. Baecklund, Jaycee Morrison

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tristanbaecklund@trentu.ca

  Affiliation Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-9198

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• Jaycee Morrison ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tristan M. Baecklund, Jaycee Morrison

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Forensic Science Undergraduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael E. Donaldson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6779-1455

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• Karsten Hueffer ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

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• Christopher J. Kyle

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Forensic Science Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Natural Resources DNA Profiling & Forensic Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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