Article
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 gen...
Topics
- Africa, Eastern
- Africa, Southern
- Animals
- Animals, Wild
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Carnivora
- Cells, Cultured
- Cephalometry
- Cytochrome b Group
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Dentition
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male