M L HouckSummaryAffiliation: Zoological Society of San Diego Country: USA Publications
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The value of avian genomics to the conservation of wildlifeMichael N Romanov
Genetics Division, San Diego Zoo s Institute for Conservation Research, Zoological Society of San Diego, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research, 15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, CA 92027, USA
BMC Genomics 10:S10. 2009..g., aggression, social behavior, sexual behavior, parental care).In this paper we outline the utility of these species as well as report on recent advances in the study of their genomes...
Comparative cytogenetics of tapirs, genus tapirus (Perissodactyla, tapiridae)M L Houck
Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92112 0551, USA
Cytogenet Cell Genet 89:110-5. 2000..Future cytogenetic studies of tapirs from the entire range of each of the four species might provide additional insight into their evolutionary biology and aid wildlife conservation efforts aimed at these threatened mammals...
Comparative cytogenetics of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus)M L Houck
The Zoological Society of San Diego, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, San Diego, CA 91112 0551, USA
Cytogenet Cell Genet 93:249-52. 2001..The high-quality banded karyotypes presented here should prove useful as references in future chromosome analyses of elephant populations and in comparative cytogenetic studies with other ungulate orders...
Cytogenetic identification of a hybrid owl monkey, Aotus nancymaae x Aotus lemurinus griseimembraA T Kumamoto
Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California 92112-0551, USA
J Zoo Wildl Med 32:130-3. 2001..Cytogenetic analyses are necessary to identify most Aotus taxa and thus should be utilized to pair chromosomally compatible animals and avoid interspecies hybridization...
