South Africa suffers a second loss of the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) as DNA analysis confirms that the sole specimen held in South African collections is sable (H. niger) material-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

South Africa suffers a second loss of the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) as DNA analysis confirms that the sole specimen held in South African collections is sable (H. niger) material

Published:2021-07-29 Issue:7/8 Volume:117 Page:
ISSN:1996-7489
Container-title:South African Journal of Science
language:en
Short-container-title:S. Afr. J. Sci

Author:

Kerley Graham¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa

Publisher

Academy of Science of South Africa

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Reference14 articles.

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