Geographic and genetic boundaries of brown bear (Ursus arctos) population in the Caucasus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1829-1841

  Murtskhvaladze, Marine ^a   Gavashelishvili, Alexander ^a   Tarkhnishvili, David ^a  

^a ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Genetic distance; Georgia; Least cost distance; Microsatellites; MtDNA; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URSIDAE;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 77951164315     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04610.x     Document Type: Article

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