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Identification of recent hybridization between gray wolves and domesticated dogs by SNP genotyping.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2013
vonHoldt Bridgett M, Pollinger John P, Earl Dent A, Parker Heidi G, Ostrander Elaine A, Wayne Robert K
Abstract excerpt
The ability to detect recent hybridization between dogs and wolves is important for conservation and legal actions, which often require accurate and rapid resolution of ancestry. The availability of a genetic test for dog-wolf hybrids would greatly support federal and legal enforcement efforts, particularly when the individual in question lacks prior ancestry information. We have developed a panel of 100 unlinked...
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