Population subdivision among desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) ewes revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Boyce, W M ^a   Ramey II, R R ^b   Rodwell, T C ^a   Rubin, E S ^a   Singer, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Genetic structure; Mitochondrial DNA; Social structure

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIANCE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0032930177     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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