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Phenotypic effects of cattle mitochondrial DNA in American bison.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Dec 2012
Derr James N, Hedrick Philip W, Halbert Natalie D, Plough Louis, Dobson Lauren K, King Julie, Duncan Calvin, Hunter David L, Cohen Noah D, Hedgecock Dennis
Abstract excerpt
Hybridization between endangered species and more common species is a significant problem in conservation biology because it may result in extinction or loss of adaptation. The historical reduction in abundance and geographic distribution of the American plains bison (Bison bison bison) and their recovery over the last 125 years is well documented. However, introgression from domestic cattle (Bos taurus) into the...
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