Spatial and temporal patterns of neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1379-1393

  Marsden, Clare D ^a,b,p   Woodroffe, Rosie ^c   Mills, Michael G L ^d   McNutt, J Weldon ^e   Creel, Scott ^f   Groom, Rosemary ^g   Emmanuel, Masenga ^h   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a   Kat, Pieter ⁱ   Rasmussen, Gregory S A ^j   Ginsberg, Joshua ^k   Lines, Robin ^l   AndrÉ, Jean Marc ^m   Begg, Colleen ⁿ   Wayne, Robert K ^o   Mable, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d The Tony and Lisette Lewis Foundation South Africa   (South Africa)

^e BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

ⁱ R Constantino Fernandes ^*  (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^l Namibia Nature Foundation   (Namibia)

^m EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

ⁿ Wildlife Conservation Society   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

bottleneck; Lycaon pictus; major histocompatibility complex; spatial; temporal

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858071937     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05477.x     Document Type: Article

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