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Published online 18 February 2009 | Nature 457, 950-952 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457950a
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Conservation: The genome of the American West
What does it mean to save a species? For some, preserving the American bison means keeping its genome pure, finds Emma Marris.
James Derr has just eaten a large grass-fed-bison steak topped with onions, the banquet dinner at a meeting of the American Bison Society in Rapid City, South Dakota. As he sips his wine, conservationists and managers of nature reserves — some wearing Stetsons and some wearing polar fleeces — approach to pay their respects to the man who could be considered the godfather of the bison genome.
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