Genetic variation within and relatedness among wood and plains bison populations

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-496

  Wilson, G A ^a   Strobeck, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison bison athabascae; Bison bison bison; DNA microsatellites; Genetic relatedness; Genetic variation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CANADA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

BISON BISON;

EID: 0033150190     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-147     Document Type: Article

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