Microsatellite DNA evidence for genetic drift and philopatry in Svalbard reindeer

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1923-1930

  Cote S D ^a,f   Dallas, J F ^b   Marshall, F ^b   Irvine, R J ^a,c   Langvatn, R ^d,e   Albon, S D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic differentiation; Genetic drift; Heterozygosity; Microsatellite; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REINDEER; SVALBARD; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0036792541     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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