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Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Medicine and Global Health (ICMMGH 2023)
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Migratory processes and habits of wildebeest and zebra on the Serengeti savannah of east Africa
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Abstract
Every year during the June migration season, many animals in the Serengeti Savannah of East Africa begin to migrate southward. Whenever the climate alternates between wet and dry, herds of hornbills and zebras make a spectacular migration from the Serengeti Savanna in Tanzania northwest to the Masai Mara Savanna in Kenya. This paper looks at the genetic differences between zebras and antelopes from a biological perspective. This study is about the migratory habits and processes of hornbills and zebras in the Serengeti Savanna of East Africa. Zebras and horses are closely related, but over the course of a long period of evolution and genetic variation, zebras gradually diverged from the genus Equus to form a unique zebra subgenus. It is a species under the genus Equus. It is hoped that this study will give scholars a different understanding of the two animals and call on people to start the importance of protecting wild animals.
Keywords
Serengeti savannah, evolution and genetic variation, protecting wild animals
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Data Availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Medicine and Global Health (ICMMGH 2023)
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-915371-65-2
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-915371-66-9
- Published Date
- 03 August 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/6/20230312
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- © 2023 The Author(s)
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