Narrow genetic basis for the Australian dingo confirmed through analysis of paternal ancestry

Genetica

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Ardalan, Arman ^a   Oskarsson, Mattias ^a   Natanaelsson, Christian ^a   Wilton, Alan N ^b   Ahmadian, Afshin ^a   Savolainen, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Dingo; New Guinea singing dog; Protease mediated allele specific extension (PrASE); Short interspersed element (SINE); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WOLF; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DOGS; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLVES; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84863336209     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9658-5     Document Type: Article

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