Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8pk0p2p3x

Description of the data and file structure

Genotype data for 759 woodland caribou from 45 populations across British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, typed at 34971 loci. Files are in PLINK .ped and .map format. This data was used in the study titled "Glacial history and landscape features shape the hierarchical population genetic structure of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in western Canada".

Genotypes were generated using a Illumina single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) array targeting ~60,000 loci distributed across the caribou genome. See "Carrier, A., Prunier, J., Poisson, W., Trottier-Lavoie, M., Gilbert, I., Cavedon, M., Pokharel, K., Kantanen, J., Musiani, M., & Côté, S. D. (2022). Design and validation of a 63K genome-wide SNP-genotyping platform for caribou/reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). BMC Genomics, 23(1), 1–14." for details.

Files and variables

File: 759_caribou_herdID_anom.ped

Description: Individual genotype data for 759 woodland caribou from 45 populations across British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, typed at 34971 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci. File here is presented in a PLINK .ped format.

File: 759_caribou_herdID_anom.map

Description: Loci data for the 34971 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) which caribou in this study were genotyped at. File here is presented in a PLINK .map format.

Code/software

Files can be viewed using a text editor software; however, manipulation/interpretation of the files is best done with PLINK 1.9 or 2.0.