Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6079, 2012, Pages 344-347

  Hailer, Frank ^a   Kutschera, Verena E ^a   Hallström, Björn M ^a   Klassert, Denise ^a   Fain, Steven R ^b   Leonard, Jennifer A ^c   Arnason, Ulfur ^d   Janke, Axel ^a,e  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b US Fish and Wildlife National Forensics Laboratory   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEAR; COALESCENCE; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84859994581     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1216424     Document Type: Article

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