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Genetic Analysis of the Henry Mountains Bison Herd.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Ranglack Dustin H, Dobson Lauren K, du Toit Johan T, Derr James
Abstract excerpt
Wild American plains bison (Bison bison) populations virtually disappeared in the late 1800s, with some remnant animals retained in what would become Yellowstone National Park and on private ranches. Some of these private bison were intentionally crossbred with cattle for commercial purposes. This forced hybridization resulted in both mitochondrial and nuclear introgression of cattle genes into some of the extant...
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