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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wang SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853604 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20191113 11
The most southern population of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) inhabits northeastern China, but the migration route and origin of this population have not been confirmed. The sequences of mitochondrial DNA control regions from domestic and wild herds from Eurasia and China were analysed. The results showed that the Chinese reindeer population originated independently from north-central Russian domestic herds, belonging to a large reindeer population that was present across Beringia during the last ...[more]