Population genetics of the native caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) and the semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Southwestern Greenland: Evidence of introgression

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-409

  Jepsen, B I ^a   Siegismund, H R ^b   Fredholm, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Botanical Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Domestic Norwegian reindeer; Introduction; Microsatellite; Native Greenlandic caribou; Population structure; Rangifer tarandus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL CONSERVATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INTROGRESSION; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD POPULATION;

GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GROENLANDICUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 0036035846     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020523303815     Document Type: Article

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