Genetic testing on Sierra Nevada red fox

a woman with blonde hair works in a lab wearing a lab coat. She is using a pipette to squeeze samples into test tubes for analysis

Photo By/Credit

Don Preisler/UC Davis

Media Usage Rights/License

Image

Stevi Vanderzwan, laboratory manager for the Mammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit at UC Davis, processes Sierra Nevada red fox scat and analyzes the DNA. The samples help create the “family tree” of the individuals living in the high Sierra.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Species

Vulpes vulpes necator

Subject tags

Research

Science

You are exiting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website

You are being directed to

We do not guarantee that the websites we link to comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act. Links also do not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

I Understand. Take me there.