The city-fox phenomenon: Genetic consequences of a recent colonization of urban habitat

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 647-656

  Wandeler, P ^a,b   Funk, Stephan M ^a   Largiader C R ^c   Gloor, S ^d   Breitenmoser, U ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canidae; Founder event; Genetic differentiation; Microsatellites; Migration; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SWITZERLAND;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOXES; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037350414     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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