囲い付きシステムや半自然環境で飼われているレサス・マカーク (マカカ・ムラッタ) の遺伝子構造の比較分析

Sree Kanthaswamy1,2

  • 1School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University at the West Campus, Glendale, Arizona; and.

まとめ

捕らえられたレサス・マカークのコロニーは,半自然な集団とは異なり,制限された遺伝子フローと近親交配により遺伝的課題に直面しています. 平均的な親族のような遺伝的指標をモニタリングすることは,捕虜飼育プログラムにおける多様性の保全に不可欠です.

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