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High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes.
Scientific reports - 25 Feb 2021
de Jager Deon, Glanzmann Brigitte, Möller Marlo, Hoal Eileen, van Helden Paul, Harper Cindy, Bloomer Paulette
Abstract excerpt
Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape species and populations. Remnant populations of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa, with varied histories, provide an opportunity to investigate signatures left in their genomes by past events, both recent and ancient. Here, we produce 40 low coverage (7.14×) genome sequences of Cape buffalo (S. c. caffer) from four...
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