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Genetic diversity and population structure of Scottish Highland red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations: a mitochondrial survey.
Heredity - 1 Feb 2009
Pérez-Espona S, Pérez-Barbería F J, Goodall-Copestake W P, Jiggins C D, Gordon I J, Pemberton J M
Abstract excerpt
The largest population of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Europe is found in Scotland. However, human impacts through hunting and introduction of foreign deer stock have disturbed the population's genetics to an unknown extent. In this study, we analysed mitochondrial control region sequences of 625...
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