Genetic assessment of captive elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in Thailand

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Thitaram C., Somgird C., Mahasawangkul S., Angkavanich T., Roongsri R., Thongtip N., Colenbrander B., van Steenbeek F.G., Lenstra J.A.
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-74749107132&partnerID=40&md5=c36239edd7e65216192d4c94adb8fb2e; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7525

The genetic diversity and population structure of 136 captive Thai elephants (Elephas maximus) with known region of origin were investigated by analysis of 14 highly polymorphic microsatellite loci. We did not detect significant indications of inbreeding and only a low differentiation of elephants f...