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Molecular genetic and morphological analyses of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Girman D J, Kat P W, Mills M G, Ginsberg J R, Borner M, Wilson V, Fanshawe J H, Fitzgibbon C, Lau L M, Wayne R K
Abstract excerpt
African wild dog populations have declined precipitously during the last 100 years in eastern Africa. The possible causes of this decline include a reduction in prey abundance and habitat; disease; and loss of genetic variability accompanied by inbreeding depression. We examined the levels of genetic variability and distinctiveness among populations of African wild dogs using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction...
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