Genetic differentiation of eastern wolves in Algonquin Park despite bridging gene flow between coyotes and grey wolves

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 520-521

  Rutledge, L Y ^a   Garroway, C J ^a   Loveless, K M ^a,b   Patterson, B R ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

assortative mating; conservation; eastern wolf; gene flow; genetic cline; introgressive hybridization

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; CANID; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLICY MAKING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COYOTE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WOLF; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; COYOTES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONTARIO; PHYLOGENY; WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

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

EID: 78649316041     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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