Genetic structure of the world's polar bear populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1571-1584

  Paetkau, D ^a,i   Amstrup, S C ^b   Born, E W ^c   Calvert, W ^d   Derocher, A E ^e   Garner, G W ^b   Messier, F ^f   Stirling, I ^a,d   Taylor, M K ^g   Wiig, O ^h   Strobeck, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g DRWED   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microsatellite; Polar bear; Population structure; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; DNA; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 6544235281     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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