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DNA Research
Studies from University of Copenhagen yield new data on DNA research
December 30th, 2008
According to recent research from Copenhagen, Denmark, "Genetic studies concerned with the demographic history of wildlife species can help elucidate the role of climate change and other forces such as human activity in shaping patterns of divergence and distribution. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) declined dramatically during the rinderpest pandemic in the late 1800s, but little is known about the earlier demographic history of the species." "We analysed genetic variation at 17 microsatellite loci and a 302-bp fragment of the mitochondrial DNA control region to infer past demographic changes in buffalo populations from East Africa. Two Bayesian coalescent-based...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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