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Population structure and demographic history of two highly-trafficked species of pangolin in the Congo Basin.
Scientific reports - 27 Sept 2024
Bernáthová Iva, Swiacká Markéta, Bath Shéba Vitel Loubassou Castella, Tinsman Jen C, Hulva Pavel, Černá Bolfíková Barbora
Abstract excerpt
African pangolins are hunted for their meat and for use in local traditional medicine, as well as for their scales, which are trafficked internationally, especially to growing Asian markets. Pangolin's population genetic structure can be used to trace the geographic origins of trafficked scales, but substantial sampling gaps across pangolins' ranges hinder these efforts. In this study, we documented population...
Topics
- Animals
- Pangolins
- Congo
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Phylogeny
- Population Dynamics