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Genetic variation in domestic and wild elk (Cervus elaphus).
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2009
Cronin M A, Renecker L A, Patton J C
Abstract excerpt
Elk (Cervus elaphus) have recently been established as domestic livestock derived from extant wild populations and may provide insights into changes in genetic variation during domestication. We compared genetic variation at 10 microsatellite DNA loci and the mitochondrial DNA D-loop in 2 herds of domestic elk in Alaska and Canada and wild elk from 8 locations in western North America and Asia. Average individual...
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