A strong genetic footprint of the re-introduction history of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5046-5058

  Biebach, Iris ^a   Keller, Lukas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine ibex; Founder events; Genetic drift; Genetic variation; Re introduction; Serial bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; ITALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GOATS; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWITZERLAND;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX;

EID: 71549117330     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04420.x     Document Type: Article

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