Preserving an icon: Impact of historical domestic cattle hybridization with American bison revealed

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 11:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Plains bison are an iconic symbol of America on everything from coins to state flags. Now scientists are exploring how the cross-breeding of bison with domestic cattle in the late 1800s may still have unwanted effects on modern populations of the species.

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