High Meadows Environmental Institute: Scientists Identify Genes Behind Tusklessness in African Elephants Facing Poaching Pressure
October 22, 2021
October 22, 2021
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute issued the following news:
In regions of Africa wracked by heavy poaching, people have observed an increased incidence of African elephants without their iconic white tusks, which are prized in the multibillion-dollar wildlife black market. But there has been no direct genetic evidence indicating how this was happening, or why this trait was occurring exclusively in female elephants.
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In regions of Africa wracked by heavy poaching, people have observed an increased incidence of African elephants without their iconic white tusks, which are prized in the multibillion-dollar wildlife black market. But there has been no direct genetic evidence indicating how this was happening, or why this trait was occurring exclusively in female elephants.
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