| complete mitochondrial dna sequence of the endangered giant sable antelope (hippotragus niger variani): insights into conservation and taxonomy. | the giant sable antelope is one of the most endangered african bovids. populations of this iconic animal, the national symbol of angola, were recently rediscovered, after many decades of presumed extinction. even so, their numbers are scarce and hence conservation plans are essential. however, fundamental information such as its taxonomic position, time of divergence and degree of genetic variation are still lacking. here, we used a museum preserved horn as a source of dna to describe, for the f ... | 2015 | 25527983 |
| hybridization following population collapse in a critically endangered antelope. | population declines may promote interspecific hybridization due to the shortage of conspecific mates (hubb's 'desperation' hypothesis), thus greatly increasing the risk of species extinction. yet, confirming this process in the wild has proved elusive. here we combine camera-trapping and molecular surveys over seven years to document demographic processes associated with introgressive hybridization between the critically endangered giant sable antelope (hippotragus niger variani), and the natura ... | 2016 | 26732144 |