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Aaron Shafer
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Research
Latest papers
Structural Genomic Variation and Its Potential Role in Deer Speciation.
Molecular ecology · 2026 · senior author
Ancient DNA of the Toronto Subway Deer adds to the extinction list of ice age megafauna.
Biology letters · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $286,000
Monitoring and mitigation of moose declines
NSERC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $88,000
Quantitative (epi)genomics of natural populations
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Genome assembly of the endangered Pampas deer
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Structural Genomic Variation and Its Potential Role in Deer Speciation.
Chetabi FA, Shafer A
Ancient DNA of the Toronto Subway Deer adds to the extinction list of ice age megafauna.
Kessler C, Haddrath O, Lim BK, Shafer A
Monitoring and mitigation of moose declines
Principal investigators: Shafer, Aaron
Keywords: Wildlife management; Conservation and preservation
Quantitative (epi)genomics of natural populations
Principal investigators: Shafer, Aaron
Keywords: population genetics; wildlife management; island biogeography; cervidae; deer; association studies; methylation; quantitative traits; inbreeding; harvest
Genome assembly of the endangered Pampas deer
Principal investigators: Shafer, Aaron ABA
Keywords: bioinformatics; captive breeding; evolution; genomics; population genetics; wildlife management
Écologie, utilisation de l'espace et démographie du caribou migrateur dans un contexte de changements climatiques
Principal investigators: Côté, Steeve S
Keywords: anthropocène; connectivité; dynamique de population; habitat; habitat essentiel; microbiote; phénologie; prédation; traits d'histoire de vie; utilisation de l'espace
Discovery of biomarker signatures to accurately estimate time since death
Principal investigators: Forbes, Shari
Keywords: Biomarkers, ; Time since death; Metabolomic; Isotopic; Genomics; Forensic pathology; Forensic anthropology; Forensic odontology; Missing persons; Death investigations
Developing biomarkers for wildlife management
Principal investigators: Shafer, Aaron ABA
Keywords: adaptation; age structure; demography; dna; genomics; harvest; management; mark-recapture; methylation; non-invasive
Quantifying the drivers of animal migration
Principal investigators: Shafer, Aaron
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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