Upcoming interview with Matthew Cronin, PhD of UAF about genetics of Chirikof cattle & American Bison

Posted on: January 14th, 2014 | Author: Virgil | Filed under: 830AM KSDP Radio News, Community Window

Updated: Interview has been archived & is now available online.

Download the interview with Matthew Cronin, Research Professor of Animal Genetics for University of Alaska Fairbanks from 2pm on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014. (mp3, 10MB, 30minutes)

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KSDP will be speaking live, on-air with Matthew Cronin, Research Professor of Animal Genetics for University of Alaska Fairbanks at 2pm on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014.

We’ll be talking about some of the recent publications about his genetic research concerning the cattle on Chirikof Island as well as bison subspecies.

Examples of publications:
Cronin, M.A., M.D. MacNeil, N. Vu, V. Leesburg, H. Blackburn, and J. Derr. 2013. Genetic variation and differentiation of extant bison subspecies and comparison with cattle breeds and subspecies. Journal of Heredity. 104:500-509.

MacNeil, M.D., M.A. Cronin, H.D. Blackburn, C.M. Richards, D. R. Lockwood, and L. J. Alexander. 2007. Genetic Relationships between feral cattle from Chirikof Island, Alaska and other breeds. Animal Genetics 38:193-197.