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Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1991.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/85500 Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study Robinson, T.J. Corbet, Sula UCTD Genetic divergence Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Connochaetes taurinus C. gnou Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1991. A variety of molecular and cytogenetic techniques were used to examine the evolutionary relationship between the blue (Connochaetes taurinus) and black (C. gnou) wildebeest and, in addition, to assess the status of South African populations with regard to inbreeding and hybridisation. Very little differentiation was observed between populations of either species indicating that both species are more or less panmictic in structure. Levels of genetic variation were much lower in C. gnou and probably reflect the bottleneck which occurred in this species in the recent past. Evolutionary divergence times of 0.9 - 1.3 and 0.8 - 2.2 million years b.p. were calculated from the mitochondrial and protein analyses respectively. These two estimates of genetic divergence are in close agreement with each other and also with estimates based on morphological data and the fossil record. The occurrence of C. taurinus X C. gnou hybrids was confirmed and the implications of this for game management are discussed. Faculty of Science MSc Unrestricted 2022-05-17T11:22:00Z 2022-05-17T11:22:00Z 2021/09/07 1991 Dissertation * https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85500 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Genetic divergence Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Connochaetes taurinus C. gnou Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title | Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title_full | Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title_fullStr | Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title_short | Genetic divergence in the wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus and C. gnou : a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| title_sort | genetic divergence in the wildebeest connochaetes taurinus and c gnou a molecular and cytogenetic study |
| topic | UCTD Genetic divergence Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Connochaetes taurinus C. gnou |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85500 |