Coyotes demonstrate how habitat specialization by individuals of a generalist species can diversify populations in a heterogeneous ecoregion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1384-1394

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a,b   Bannasch, Danika L ^a   Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Ernest, Holly B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Habitat; Isolation by distance

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; COYOTE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SPECIES HABITAT; SYMPATRY; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; COYOTES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 45849102678     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn082     Document Type: Article

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