Making sense of hybridization between blue and black wildebeest in South Africa

We aim to investigate ancient black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) samples spanning the past 5000 years to examine the change in the genetic diversity over time and to inform our analysis of current hybridisation and introgression between blue- and black wildebeest by providing the most reliable reference material for the species. This will be achieved with low coverage whole genome re-sequencing. We propose to sample black wildebeest remains (predominantly teeth, but also dense bone when teeth are not available), from sites in South Africa spanning the past 5000 years.