Mitochondrial DNA extracted from eastern North American wolves killed in the 1800s is not of gray wolf origin

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 936-940

  Wilson, P J ^a,b   Grewal, S ^a,b   McFadden, T ^c   Chambers, R C ^d   White, B N ^a,b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; ECOLOGY;

MITOCHONDRIA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CANID; CONSERVATION GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LYCAON; CANIS RUFUS; LYCAON; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041569856     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-059     Document Type: Article

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