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Effects of human perturbation on the genetic make-up of an island population: the case of the Sardinian wild boar.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2011
Scandura M, Iacolina L, Cossu A, Apollonio M
Abstract excerpt
Game species are often manipulated by human beings, whose activities can deeply affect their genetic make-up and population structure. We focused on a geographically isolated wild boar population (Sardinia, Italy), which is classified, together with the Corsican population, as a separate subspecies (Sus scrofa meridionalis). Two hundred and ten wild boars collected across Sardinia were analysed with a set of 10...
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