Mitochondrial phylogeography and conservation genetics of wolverine (Gulo gulo) of northwestern North America

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-396

  Tomasik, Eric ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^b  

^a Lewis and Clark National Forest   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Cytochrome b; Gulo gulo; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GULO GULO; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 17644396679     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BER-121.1     Document Type: Article

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