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Limited Genetic Diversity Preceded Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger

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Rapid loss of MHC class II variation in a bottlenecked population is explained by drift and loss of copy number variation

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Allorecognition in the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), an Endangered Marsupial Species with Limited Genetic Diversity

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Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)

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MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer

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