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The power of resolution of microsatellite markers and assignment tests to determine the geographic origin of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Southern Africa

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa

    Antoinette Kotze, Karen Ehlers & J. P. Grobler

  2. National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

    Antoinette Kotze

  3. De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust, P.O. Box 52071, Dorandia, 0182, South Africa

    D. C. Cilliers

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Kotze, A., Ehlers, K., Cilliers, D.C. et al. The power of resolution of microsatellite markers and assignment tests to determine the geographic origin of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Southern Africa. Mamm Biol 73, 457–462 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2007.10.011

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