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@article{Putnam2019AssessingPH,
  title={Assessing possible hybridization among managed Nubian ibex in North America.},
  author={Andrea S Putnam and Tram N. Nguyen and A. de S. Mott and Marisa L. Korody and Oliver A. Ryder},
  journal={Zoo biology},
  year={2019},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:209340970}
}

It is argued that natural phenotypic variation across the large geographic range of Nubian ibex may account for the small stature of the imported ibex, as private institutions may have historically acquired individuals from locations that differed from the SSP founders.

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