Adaptation to the High-Arctic island environment despite long-term reduced genetic variation in Svalbard reindeer
Typically much smaller in number than their mainland counterparts, island populations are ideal systems to investigate genetic threats to small populations. The Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) is an endemic subspecies that colonized the Svalbard archipelago ca. 6,000–8,000 years...
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier B. V.
2023
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3112479 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107811 |