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Characteristics of the Genetic Structure of Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola lydekkeri) of the Verkhoyansk Mountain Chain

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Genetic characteristics of the allele pool of four groups of the Yakut snow sheep subspecies (Ovis nivicola lydekkeri) inhabiting various parts of the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range such as Kharaulakh Ridge, Orulgan Ridge, ridges of the Central Verkhoyansk, and Suntar-Khayata Ridge is presented. Fragment analysis using 17 microsatellite loci was carried out using the ABI 3131xl genetic analyzer. Significant heterozygote deficiency was detected in all investigated snow sheep populations. Differentiation of the studied groups in accordance to their geographical origin was revealed.

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  1. L.K. Ernst Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry, pos. Dubrovitsy, Moscow oblast, 142132, Russia

    T. E. Deniskova, A. V. Dotsev, I. M. Okhlopkov, V. A. Bagirov, G. Brem & N. A. Zinovieva

  2. Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, 677890, Russia

    I. M. Okhlopkov

  3. Mykolaiv National Agrarian University, Mykolaiv, 54020, Ukraine

    A. S. Kramarenko

  4. Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, A-1210, Austria

    G. Brem

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Original Russian Text © T.E. Deniskova, A.V. Dotsev, I.M. Okhlopkov, V.A. Bagirov, A.S. Kramarenko, G. Brem, N.A. Zinovieva, 2018, published in Genetika, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 342–348.

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Deniskova, T.E., Dotsev, A.V., Okhlopkov, I.M. et al. Characteristics of the Genetic Structure of Snow Sheep (Ovis nivicola lydekkeri) of the Verkhoyansk Mountain Chain. Russ J Genet 54, 328–334 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795418030031

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