Both SNeP and GONe consistently point to a decreasing trend and a small recent Ne, which is in agreement with the well-documented history of alligator’s recent near extinction due to poaching and loss of habitat.
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Genomic insights and the conservation potential of captive breeding: The case of Chinese alligator.
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Moreover, between 2018 and 2022, our annual surveys on the breeding status of wild Chinese alligators in China revealed an increasing trend in nesting, egg laying, and hatching alligator numbers, with particularly notable growth in the past 2 years ( Fig. 5D ).