Fig. 5

Potential candidate loci based on bgc genomic cline analyses. a Estimates of genomic cline center (α) with 95% credibility intervals (CI). Values below zero indicate greater black-tailed deer ancestry and values above zero indicate greater mule deer ancestry. Black dots indicate six loci with significant excess ancestry (95% CI does not include zero) and the difference in allele frequency between putative parental black-tailed deer and mule deer is > 0.5 (with gene names listed), grey dots indicate loci with significant excess ancestry and the difference in allele frequency between putative parental black-tailed deer and mule deer is < 0.5, and white dots indicate loci with no evidence of excess ancestry. b Estimates of genomic cline slope (β) with 95% credibility intervals. Values below zero indicate shallower slopes than expected and values above zero indicate steeper slopes. Black dots indicate loci with significantly shallower clines (95% CI does not include zero) and the difference in allele frequency between putative parental black-tailed deer and mule deer is > 0.5, grey dots indicate loci with significantly shallower clines and the difference in allele frequency between putative parental lineages is < 0.5, and white dots indicate loci with no evidence of slopes that deviate from expectations