Origin and status of the Great Lakes wolf

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2313-2326

  KoblmÜller, Stephan ^a,e   Nord, Maria ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^b   Leonard, Jennifer A ^a,c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

ADNA; Canis latrans; Canis lupus lycaon; Conservation; Hybridization; Introgression; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COYOTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOLF; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COYOTES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LYCAON;

EID: 65949097730     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04176.x     Document Type: Article

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