A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids

Genome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1294-1305

  VonHoldt, Bridgett M ^a   Pollinger, John P ^a   Earl, Dent A ^b   Knowles, James C ^a   Boyko, Adam R ^c   Parker, Heidi ^d   Geffen, Eli ^e   Pilot, Malgorzata ^f   Jedrzejewski, Wlodzimierz ^g   Jedrzejewska, Bogumila ^g   Sidorovich, Vadim ^g   Greco, Claudia ^h   Randi, Ettore ^h   Musiani, Marco ⁱ   Kays, Roland ^j   Bustamante, Carlos D ^c   Ostrander, Elaine A ^d   Novembre, John ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^g MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CANIDAE; COYOTE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTORY; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CANIDAE; COYOTES; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS RUFUS;

EID: 80051553378     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.116301.110     Document Type: Article

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