Competing hypotheses for the etiology of cryptorchidism in Sitka black‐tailed deer: an evaluation of evolutionary alternatives

• Published in: Animal Conservation
• Main Authors: Latch, E. K., Amann, R. P., Jacobson, J. P., Rhodes, O. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Prince of Wales Island; Archipelago; Kodiak; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00174.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-1795.2008.00174.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00174.x

Abstract On the Aliulik Peninsula (AP) of Kodiak Island, Alaska, 70% of male Sitka black‐tailed deer (SBTD; Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis ) are bilaterally cryptorchid (both testes fail to descend; male is sterile). Both genetic and environmental factors have been proposed as possible causes of this...