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Remnants of ancient genetic diversity preserved within captive groups of scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2007
Iyengar A, Gilbert T, Woodfine T, Knowles J M, Diniz F M, Brenneman R A, Louis E E, Maclean N
Abstract excerpt
Scimitar-horned oryx, now considered extinct in the wild, persists in large numbers in captivity. In this first molecular genetic study on this species, we explore the patterns of genetic diversity across European, North American, and a few other captive groups using microsatellite markers and mitochondrial control region sequencing. Strong population structure was not evident from microsatellite data but we...
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