Determining Platypus Relationships
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In the summer of 1990-91 the first captive breeding of platypus (Omithorhynchus anatinus) in 47 years, and only the second ever, occurred in a small resident population at Warrawong Sanctuary, South Australia. DNA fingerprinting and analyses employing the maternally inherited mitochondrial genome have been used to determine family relationships within this population Using hypervariable DNA sequences cloned from other species to probe blots of DNA from the Warrawong platypuses, individual-specific banding patterns have been observed that allow the identification of family relationships within the population. A novel method for detecting maternal relationships within platypus populations, based on polymerase chain reaction analyses of the highly polymorphic mitochondrial control region, is also presented.
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- Authors
- Gemmell, N., Grant, T., Western, P., Walmsley, J., Watson, J., Murray, N., & Graves, J.
- Affiliations
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Venue
- Australian Journal of Zoology
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Published
- 1995-06-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 283-291
- ISSN
- 0004-959X (ISSN-L)
- 1446-5698
- OpenAlex
- W2049791799
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Australian Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Keywords
- platypus, captive breeding, family relationships, mitochondrial DNA, DNA fingerprinting, mitochondrial DNA control region, maternal inheritance, population genetics
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