High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes

Abstract Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape species and populations. Remnant populations of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa, with varied histories, provide an opportunity to investigate signatures left in their genomes by past events, b...

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Main Authors: Deon de Jager, Brigitte Glanzmann, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul van Helden, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83823-8