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Mating system and reproductive skew in the black rhinoceros.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2001
Garnier J N, Bruford M W, Goossens B
Abstract excerpt
Only approximately 2600 black rhinoceros survive today, mainly in small, isolated populations of < 100 animals. The management of remaining black rhinoceros populations aims at preserving natural levels of genetic relatedness and optimizing breeding success, which requires an accurate knowledge of the mating system, reproductive skew and effective population size. DNA was extracted from faecal samples from a...
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