Genetic variation in domestic reindeer and wild caribou in Alaska

• Published in: Animal Genetics
• Main Authors: Cronin, M A, Renecker, L, Pierson, B J, Patton, J C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1995
• Subjects: Rata; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1995.tb02695.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2052.1995.tb02695.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1995.tb02695.x

Summary Reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus tarandus ) were introduced into Alaska 100 years ago and have been maintained as semidomestic livestock. They have had contact with wild caribou ( R. t. granti ) herds, including deliberate crossbreeding and mixing in the wild. Reindeer have considerable potentia...