Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox (<it>Ovibos</it>)

Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox (<it>Ovibos</it>)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The modern wildherd of the tundra muskox (<it>Ovibos moschatus</it>) is native only to the New World (northern North America and Greenland), and its genetic diversity is notably low. However, like several other megafaunal...

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Main Authors: Mol Dick, Tikhonov Alexei N, MacPhee Ross DE, Greenwood Alex D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/49

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