Short communication The Tankwa Karoo National Park feral goat population: A unique genetic resource
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A. Kotzé, J.P. Grobler, E. van Marle-Köster, T. Jonker & D.L. Dalton 1 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 2 Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3 Department of Animal & Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa 4 Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Private Bag X5018, Kimberley 8300, South Africa
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