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SUBMITTER: Campana MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5148847 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Campana Michael G MG Parker Lillian D LD Hawkins Melissa T R MT Young Hillary S HS Helgen Kristofer M KM Szykman Gunther Micaela M Woodroffe Rosie R Maldonado Jesús E JE Fleischer Robert C RC
BMC genomics 20161209 1
<h4>Background</h4>The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is an endangered African canid threatened by severe habitat fragmentation, human-wildlife conflict, and infectious disease. A highly specialized carnivore, it is distinguished by its social structure, dental morphology, absence of dewclaws, and colorful pelage.<h4>Results</h4>We sequenced the genomes of two individuals from populations representing two distinct ecological histories (Laikipia County, Kenya and KwaZulu-Natal Province, South A ...[more]