Variation in Mitochondrial Dna and Microsatellite Dna in Caribou (rangifer Tarandus) in North America
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School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA (MAC) Entrix Inc., 3701 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, USA (MAC) Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Route 1, Box 2021, Miles City, MT 59301, USA (MDM) Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA (JCP)
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Mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite DNA variation in domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and relationships with wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, and Rangifer tarandus caribou).
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Alaska are semidomestic livestock descended from 1280 animals introduced from Siberia, Russia, approximately 100 years ago. Genetic variation at 18 microsatellite DNA loci and the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was quantified in reindeer from Alaska, Siberia (Russia), and Scandinavia and compared with wild North American caribou. Mean seq...
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