The genetic impact of an Ebola outbreak on a wild gorilla population

The genetic impact of an Ebola outbreak on a wild gorilla population

Abstract Background Numerous Ebola virus outbreaks have occurred in Equatorial Africa over the past decades. Besides human fatalities, gorillas and chimpanzees have also succumbed to the fatal virus. The 2004 outbreak at the Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of Congo) alone caused a severe decli...

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Main Authors: Claudia Fontsere, Peter Frandsen, Jessica Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jonas Niemann, Camilla Hjorth Scharff-Olsen, Dominique Vallet, Pascaline Le Gouar, Nelly Ménard, Arcadi Navarro, Hans R. Siegismund, Christina Hvilsom, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Martin Kuhlwilm, David Hughes, Tomas Marques-Bonet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Ebola
gorilla
non-invasive samples
candidate genes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08025-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-08025-y

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