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Effectiveness of microsatellite and SNP markers for parentage and identity analysis in species with low genetic diversity: the case of European bison.
Heredity - 1 Oct 2009
Tokarska M, Marshall T, Kowalczyk R, Wójcik J M, Pertoldi C, Kristensen T N, Loeschcke V, Gregersen V R, Bendixen C
Abstract excerpt
The European bison (Bison bonasus) has recovered successfully after a severe bottleneck about 90 years ago but has been left with low genetic variability that may substantially hinder parentage and identity analysis. According to pedigree analysis, over 80% of the genes in the contemporary population descend from just two founder animals and inbreeding coefficients averaged almost 0.5, whereas microsatellite...
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