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Novel efficient genome-wide SNP panels for the conservation of the highly endangered Iberian lynx.
BMC genomics - 21 Jul 2017
Kleinman-Ruiz Daniel, Martínez-Cruz Begoña, Soriano Laura, Lucena-Perez Maria, Cruz Fernando, Villanueva Beatriz, Fernández Jesús, Godoy José A
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BACKGROUND: The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has been acknowledged as the most endangered felid species in the world. An intense contraction and fragmentation during the twentieth century left less than 100 individuals split in two isolated and genetically eroded populations by 2002. Genetic monitoring and management so far have been based on 36 STRs, but their limited variability and the more complex situation...
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