Rise and fall of a wolf population: Genetic diversity and structure during recovery, rapid expansion and drastic decline

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5178-5193

  Jansson, Eeva ^a   Ruokonen, M ^a   Kojola, I ^b   Aspi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; effective population size; Finland; gene flow; inbreeding; temporal genetic variation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; WOLF;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84867677189     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12010     Document Type: Article

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