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Genetic variation of the mitochondrial DNA control region across plains bison herds in USA and Canada.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Davies Gaimi, McCann Blake, Jones Lee, Liccioli Stefano, Penedo Maria Cecilia, Ovchinnikov Igor V
Abstract excerpt
Once numbering in the tens of millions, bison (Bison bison) have faced a broad range of challenges over the past century, including genetic impacts from the population bottleneck in the 1800s, and significant loss and fragmentation of habitat resulting in little opportunity for population growth on remaining small, geographically isolated reserves. To identify best practices for bison stewardship against this...
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