Genetic features of Sri Lankan elephant, Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus revealed by high throughput sequencing of mitogenome and ddRAD-seq.

Genetic features of Sri Lankan elephant, Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus revealed by high throughput sequencing of mitogenome and ddRAD-seq.

Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, the Sri Lankan subspecies is the largest and the darkest among Asian elephants. Patches of depigmented areas with no skin color on the ears, face, trunk, and belly morphologically differentiate it from the others. The elephant population in Sri Lanka is now limited...

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Main Authors: M G C Sooriyabandara, J M S M Jayasundara, M S L R P Marasinghe, H A B M Hathurusinghe, A U Bandaranayake, K A N C Jayawardane, R M R Nilanthi, R C Rajapakse, P C G Bandaranayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285572

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285572

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