Genetic structure of the asiatic black bear in Japan using mitochondrial DNA analysis

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-308

  Yasukochi, Yoshiki ^a   Nishida, Shin ^a   Han, Sang Hoon ^b   Kurosaki, Toshifumi ^c   Yoneda, Masaaki ^c   Koike, Hiroko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wildlife Institute of Korea   (South Korea)

^c JAPAN WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Control region; Cytochrome b; Divergence time; Genetic population structure; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEAR; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; URSIDAE;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 65349156459     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn097     Document Type: Article

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