Postglacial loss of microsatellite variation in the landlocked Lake Saimaa ringed seal

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Palo, J U ^a,b   Hyvarinen H ^c   Helle, E ^d   Makinen H S ^a,b   Vainola R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Inbreeding; Microsatellite variation; Phoca hispida saimensis; Postglacial isolation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SEALS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; HOLOCENE; INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTGLACIAL;

FINLAND;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PUSA HISPIDA SAIMENSIS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038355367     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023303109701     Document Type: Article

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