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Application of molecular sexing to free-ranging Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in southern India*

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: Selective poaching of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) males for ivory has resulted in highly female-biased adult sex ratios, necessitating regular monitoring of population structure and demography. We demonstrate that molecular sexing from dung-extracted DNA, based on ZFX-ZFY fragment amplification and ZFY-specific BamHI site restriction, can be applied to estimate sex ratios of free-ranging Asian elephants, in addition to or instead of field demographic methods. The adult sex ratios using molecular sexing in Nagarahole and Mudumalai-Bandipur reserves during May 2001 were 1:3.1, which matched the demography-based sex ratio for the same month, and 1:9.4, respectively.\n \n

Source: NOT FOUND REPOSITORY (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)

Authors: T. N. C. Vidya, Vineet Kumar, C. Arivazhagan, Raman Sukumar

Language: English

Topic: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1647591941

FWCI: 0.293

Cites: 18

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10