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Microsatellite evolution in congeneric mammals: domestic and bighorn sheep.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 1995
Forbes S H, Hogg J T, Buchanan F C, Crawford A M, Allendorf F W
Abstract excerpt
We compared genotypes at eight (AC)n microsatellite loci in domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and wild Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (O. canadensis). The domestic sheep had greater genetic variation, higher allele-size variances, and larger allele sizes than the wild sheep. Accumulating evidence from hi...
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