Genetic structure in large, continuous mammal populations: The example of brown bears in northwestern Eurasia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 5359-5370

  Tammeleht, E ^a   Remm, J ^a   Korsten, M ^a   Davison, J ^a   Tumanov, I ^b   Saveljev, A ^b   Mannil P ^c   Kojola, I ^d   Saarma, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Federal Agency of the Scientific Organizations   (Russian Federation)

^c Estonian Environment Information Centre   (Estonia)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

dispersal; gene flow; genetic diversity; geographical barriers; microsatellite; population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CLASSIFICATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RUSSIA; URSIDAE;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 78650140004     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04885.x     Document Type: Article

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