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Insights for the Captive Management of South China Tigers Based on a Large-Scale Genetic Survey.
Genes - 24 Mar 2024
Zhang Wenping, Lin Kaixiong, Fu Wenyuan, Xie Junjin, Fan Xueyang, Zhang Mingchun, Luo Hongxing, Yin Yuzhong, Guo Qiang, Huang He, Chen Tengteng, Lin Xipan, Yuan Yaohua, Huang Cheng, Du Shizhang
Abstract excerpt
There is an urgent need to find a way to improve the genetic diversity of captive South China tiger (SCT, Panthera tigris amoyensis), the most critically endangered taxon of living tigers, facing inbreeding depression. The genomes showed that 13 hybrid SCTs from Meihuashan were divided into two groups; one group included three individuals who had a closer relationship with pureblood SCTs than another group. The...
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