Temporal dynamics of genetic variability in a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1601-1611

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a,b   Yannic, Glenn ^a   Shafer, Aaron B A ^c   Mainguy, Julien ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^d   Coltman, David W ^c   CÔtÉ, Steeve D ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

genetic diversity; genetic drift; heterozygosity; inbreeding; relatedness; ungulate

Indexed keywords

OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 79953805128     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05022.x     Document Type: Article

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