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Mitochondrial Genome Analysis Reveals Historical Lineages in Yellowstone Bison.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Forgacs David, Wallen Rick L, Dobson Lauren K, Derr James N
Abstract excerpt
Yellowstone National Park is home to one of the only plains bison populations that have continuously existed on their present landscape since prehistoric times without evidence of domestic cattle introgression. Previous studies characterized the relatively high levels of nuclear genetic diversity in these bison, but little is known about their mitochondrial haplotype diversity. This study assessed mitochondrial...
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