Evidence of genetic distinction and long-term population decline in wolves (Canis lupus) in the Italian Apennines

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 523-536

  Lucchini, V ^a   Galov, A ^b   Randi, E ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Canis lupus; Coalescent; Demographic history; Microsatellites; mtDNA control region; Population structure; Wolf

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1342290091     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2004.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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