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Maternal and paternal lineages in cross-breeding bovine species. Has wisent a hybrid origin?
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2004
Verkaar Edward L C, Nijman Isaäc J, Beeke Maurice, Hanekamp Eline, Lenstra Johannes A
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The tribe Bovini comprises cattle and cattle-like species. Reconstructions of their phylogeny have so far been incomplete and have yielded conflicting conclusions about the relationship of American bison and wisent (European bison). We have compared the sequences of three mitochondrial and two Y-chromosomal DNA segments. Mitochondrial DNA indicates that four distinct maternal lineages diverged after an early...
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