Founder effect and bottleneck signatures in an introduced, insular population of elk

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Hundertmark, Kris J ^a   van Daele, Larry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Genetic diversity; Heterozygosity excess; M ratio; Microsatellites; Wildlife introductions

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DEER; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GROWTH; TRANSLOCATION;

AFOGNAK ISLAND; ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS ROOSEVELTI;

EID: 74749093505     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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