Genetic variation and structure of house sparrow populations: Is there an island effect?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1792-1805

  Jensen, Henrik ^a   Moe, Rune ^a   Hagen, Ingerid Julie ^a   Holand, Anna Marie ^a   Kekkonen, Jaana ^b   Tufto, Jarle ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

F statistics; founder effect; genetic structure; genetic variation; isolation by distance; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; NORWAY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPARROW;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; ISLANDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORWAY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE; SPARROWS;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84875372708     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12226     Document Type: Article

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