Population genetics of the white-phased "spirit" black bear of British Columbia

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-313

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a,b   Ritland, Kermit ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Color polymorphism; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Heterozygote deficiency; mc1r; Selection

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMORPHISM; SALMONID; SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; PIGMENTATION; URSIDAE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

MAMMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84856292599     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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