Article
Inferring the ancestry of African wild dogs that returned to the Serengeti-Mara
2012-04-01
Abstract excerpt
An endangered population of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) disappeared from the Serengeti-Mara area in 1991. The reasons for the extinction are not well understood, but disease was implicated in the disappearance. In 2001, wild dogs naturally re-established themselves in the region. We conducted genetic profiling on samples collected prior and subsequent to this event, as well as samples from three geographical...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d5585e3f-1c4f-56e9-9be3-20182c229c05
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10592-011-0304-z
