Reintroducing Cuvier’s gazelle. Better than expected from captive-bred founders

Reintroducing Cuvier’s gazelle. Better than expected from captive-bred founders

The use of captive-bred animals as founder stock for reintroduction is sometimes discouraged due to their low genetic diversity and even accumulation of deleterious alleles. In October 2016, 43 Cuvier’s gazelles (12 males and 31 females), managed under a European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) a...

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Main Authors: Eulalia Moreno, Abdelkader Jebali, Gerardo Espeso, Jesús Benzal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Reintroduction
Sex ratio
Cuvier’s gazelle
Inbreeding
Heritability
Tunisia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198941930890X

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