Article
Subspecific identity and a comparison of genetic diversity between wild and ex situ wildebeest.
Zoo biology - 1 Mar 2020
Caspers Lauren M, Ferrie Gina M, Wolfe Kristen, Hoffman Eric A
Abstract excerpt
The original North American ex situ wildebeest population was believed to originate from the white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus), which is both morphologically distinct and geographically separated from the brindled wildebeest (C. t. taurinus). However, after an import of wildebeest into North America in 2001, managers have suspected that white-bearded and brindled wildebeest were mixed...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Zoo
- Antelopes
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Male
- North America
- Sequence Analysis, DNA