The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics.

The evolutionary dynamics of the lion Panthera leo revealed by host and viral population genomics.

The lion Panthera leo is one of the world's most charismatic carnivores and is one of Africa's key predators. Here, we used a large dataset from 357 lions comprehending 1.13 megabases of sequence data and genotypes from 22 microsatellite loci to characterize its recent evolutionary history...

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Main Authors: Agostinho Antunes, Jennifer L Troyer, Melody E Roelke, Jill Pecon-Slattery, Craig Packer, Christiaan Winterbach, Hanlie Winterbach, Graham Hemson, Laurence Frank, Philip Stander, Ludwig Siefert, Margaret Driciru, Paul J Funston, Kathy A Alexander, Katherine C Prager, Gus Mills, David Wildt, Mitch Bush, Stephen J O'Brien, Warren E Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2572142?pdf=render

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