Low genetic differentiation in a sedentary bird: House sparrow population genetics in a contiguous landscape

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Kekkonen, J ^a   Seppa P ^a   Hanski, I K ^b   Jensen, H ^c   Vaisanen R A ^b   Brommer, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal; DNA microsatellites; FST; gene flow; house sparrow; spatial population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ABUNDANCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROW; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROWS; SWEDEN;

FINLAND; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 78650307560     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.32     Document Type: Article

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