Sympatric wolf and coyote populations of the western Great Lakes region are reproductively isolated

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4428-4440

  Wheeldon, Tyler J ^a   Patterson, Brent R ^a   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis; Hybridization; Microsatellite genotype; Mitochondrial haplotype; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COYOTE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; WOLF; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COYOTES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

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

EID: 78649239974     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04818.x     Document Type: Article

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