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The history of effective population size and genetic diversity in the Yellowstone grizzly (Ursus arctos): implications for conservation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Apr 2003
Miller Craig R, Waits Lisette P
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Protein, mtDNA, and nuclear microsatellite DNA analyses have demonstrated that the Yellowstone grizzly bear has low levels of genetic variability compared with other Ursus arctos populations. Researchers have attributed this difference to inbreeding during a century of anthropogenic isolation and population size reduction. We test this hypothesis and assess the seriousness of genetic threats by generating...
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