Hybrid wildebeest (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) provide further evidence for shared signatures of admixture in mammalian crania

Hybrid wildebeest (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) provide further evidence for shared signatures of admixture in mammalian crania

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The genus Connochaetes, Lichtenstein, 1814, contains two extant species, the blue wildebeest (C. taurinus, Burchell, 1823) and the black wildebeest (C. gnou, Zimmermann, 1780). In recent years, forced sympatry in confined areas within South Africa has led to interbreeding between these taxa and to...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Ackermann, James Brink, Savvas Vrahimis, Bonita de Klerk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2010-11-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Subjects:
Connochaetes
conservation
cranial anomalies
dental anomalies
gene flow
hybridisation
Online Access:http://192.168.0.115/index.php/sajs/article/view/9911

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