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Genetic Specificity of the Siberian Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus valentinae Flerov, 1932) of the Kuznetsk Alatau.
Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections - 1 Sept 2020
Vasilchenko A A, Kholodova M V, Baranova A I, Naidenko S V, Rozhnov V V
Abstract excerpt
This is the first study to show the genetic identity of the Altai-Sayan population of the forest reindeer of the Kuznetsk Alatau (Rangifer tarandus valentinae). The population is characterized by the existence of unique mitochondrial lines, the absence of signs of introgression of domestic rein deer mtDNA, as well as a low level of genetic diversity. In the sample studied, only two nucleotide substitutions (both...
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