Assessing population structure and gene flow in Montana wolverines (Gulo gulo) using assignment-based approaches

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2907-2918

  Cegelski, C C ^a   Waits, L P ^a   Anderson, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment test; Gene flow; Genetic structure Gulo gulo; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTANA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GULO GULO; MAMMALIA; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 0242625383     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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