| genetic roots of the red deer (cervus elaphus) population in eastern switzerland. | overhunting of red deer (cervus elaphus) in eastern switzerland led to its extinction in the second half of the 17th century. natural recolonization must have taken place later, because red deer were seen again in the canton of the grisons (eastern switzerland) in the 1870s. according to historical data, three different populations could have served as the source population. to determine the genetic origin of the eastern swiss red deer population, we collected samples from five different subpopu ... | 2004 | 15073229 |