Genetic diversity and population structure in contemporary house sparrow populations along an urbanization gradient

Heredity

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Vangestel, C ^a,b   Mergeay, J ^c   Dawson, D A ^d   Callens, T ^a   Vandomme, V ^a   Lens, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottleneck; genetic differentiation; Passer domesticus; population structure; urbanization

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MONITORING; PASSERINE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROW; URBANIZATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPARROWS; URBANIZATION;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84865378935     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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