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The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2008
Antunes Agostinho, Troyer Jennifer L, Roelke Melody E, Pecon-Slattery Jill, Packer Craig, Winterbach Christiaan, Winterbach Hanlie, Hemson Graham, Frank Laurence, Stander Philip, Siefert Ludwig, Driciru Margaret, Funston Paul J, Alexander Kathy A, Prager Katherine C, Mills Gus, Wildt David, Bush Mitch, O'Brien Stephen J, Johnson Warren E
Abstract excerpt
The lion Panthera leo is one of the world's most charismatic carnivores and is one of Africa's key predators. Here, we used a large dataset from 357 lions comprehending 1.13 megabases of sequence data and genotypes from 22 microsatellite loci to characterize its recent evolutionary history. Patterns of molecular genetic variation in multiple maternal (mtDNA), paternal (Y-chromosome), and biparental nuclear (nDNA)...
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