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DNA matchmaking in captive facilities: a case study with tigers.
Molecular biology reports - 1 May 2022
Maity Sulata, Singh Sujeet Kumar, Yadav Vinod Kumar, Chandra Kailash, Sharma Lalit Kumar, Thakur Mukesh
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BACKGROUND: Genetics driven interventions if adopted in conservation breeding projects may enhance the overall success by prioritizing breeding among genetically most competent individuals and delaying or completely diminishing the ill effects of inbreeding. METHODS AND RESULTS: In the present study, we investigated genetic make-up of 15 tigers housed at five different captive facilities of West Bengal in India...
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