Combined use of maternal, paternal and bi-parental genetic markers for the identification of wolf-dog hybrids

Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Vila C ^a   Walker, C ^a   Sundqvist, A K ^a   Flagstad, O ^a   Andersone, Z ^b   Casulli, A ^c   Kojola, I ^d   Valdmann, H ^e   Halverson, J ^f   Ellegren, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kemeri National Park   (Latvia)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f QuestGen Forensics   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Canis lupus; Hybridization; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ANIMALS; DOGS; GENETIC MARKERS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037286744     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800175     Document Type: Article

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