European Bison Adaptation (IMAGE)

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)

European Bison Adaptation

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Now, using the first whole genome sequencing data from two European bison bulls from the Białowieża Forest World Heritage site, scientists Mathieu Gautier, Laurence Flori et al. have explored their demographic and adaptive history in comparison to bovine cousins.

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(copyright: Rafa? Kowalczyk)

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