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Genetic structure of the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) population: Are tigers in Sikhote-Alin and southwest Primorye truly isolated?
Integrative zoology - 1 Jan 2016
Sorokin Pavel A, Rozhnov Vyatcheslav V, Krasnenko Anna U, Lukarevskiy Victor S, Naidenko Sergey V, Hernandez-Blanco Jose A
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We used molecular genetic analyses to noninvasively identify individual Amur tigers and define subpopulations of tigers in the Russian Far East. We identified 63 individuals after genotyping 256 feces, 7 hair and 11 blood samples collected within southern, central and northern Sikhote-Alin, as well as Southwest Primorye. Analysis of nuclear DNA at 9 microsatellite loci demonstrated greater genetic similarity...
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