Genetic variation of the mitochondrial DNA control region across plains bison herds in USA and Canada

• Gaimi Davies,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Turner Institute of EcoAgriculture, McGinley Ranch, Gordon, Nebraska, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

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• Blake McCann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, United States of America

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• Lee Jones,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Program Center – Wildlife Health, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Stefano Liccioli,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grasslands National Park, Parks Canada Agency, Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• Maria Cecilia Penedo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Igor V. Ovchinnikov

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: igor.ovtchinnikov@und.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-1850

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