Extreme genetic differences among populations of Gazella granti, Grant's gazelle in Kenya.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1996.69

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Extreme genetic differences among populations of Gazella granti, Grant's gazelle in Kenya.

Heredity - 1 May 1996

Arctander P, Kat P W, Aman R A, Siegismund H R

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences from six Kenyan Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti) populations were highly divergent among locations. Neighbouring populations not separated by geographical or vegetational barriers exhibited and nucleotide sequence divergence about 14 per cent. A...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antelopes
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Ecology
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Geography
Kenya
Lactalbumin
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Species Specificity

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