Rapid adaptive evolution of northeastern coyotes via hybridization with wolves

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-93

  Kays, Roland ^a   Curtis, Abigail ^a,b   Kirchman, Jeremy J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive introgression; Genetic variation; Hybridization; Morphological variation; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CANID; COLONIZATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 76149139311     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0575     Document Type: Article

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