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Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid

Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid

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August 08, 2017

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10.3791/56059-v

DOI:
10.3791/56059-v

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1Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture,Mississippi State University, 2Department of Natural Resource Management,South Dakota State University, 3Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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Phenotypic differences among cervid populations may be related to population-level genetics or nutrition; discerning which is difficult in the wild. This protocol describes how we designed a controlled study where nutritional variation was eliminated. We found that phenotypic variation of male white-tailed deer was more limited by nutrition than genetics.

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Michel, E. S., Flinn, E. B., Demarais, S., Strickland, B. K., Wang, G., Dacus, C. M. Protocol for Assessing the Relative Effects of Environment and Genetics on Antler and Body Growth for a Long-lived Cervid. J. Vis. Exp. (126), e56059, doi:10.3791/56059 (2017).

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