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Genetic Diversity of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica): Are There Differences between the 20th and the Early 21st Centuries?
Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections - 1 Oct 2023
Sorokin P A, Yudin V G, Naidenko S V, Hernandez-Blanco J A, Chistopolova M D, Rozhnov V V
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Polymorphism of nine microsatellite loci in the Sikhote-Alin tiger population was analyzed in the modern and recent historical periods, using blood, excrement, and museum bone samples. Tests for excess heterozygosity to determine whether the population went through a period of low abundance and a low value of the Garza-Williamson coefficient indicated that such events were highly probable to occur in both recent...
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