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Population differentiation within and among Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in southern India.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2005
Vidya T N C, Fernando P, Melnick D J, Sukumar R
Abstract excerpt
Southern India, one of the last strongholds of the endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), harbours about one-fifth of the global population. We present here the first population genetic study of free-ranging Asian elephants, examining within- and among-population differentiation by analysing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear microsatellite DNA differentiation across the Nilgiris-Eastern Ghats, Anamalai,...
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