Y-chromosome evidence supports widespread signatures of three-species canis hybridization in eastern North America

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2325-2332

  Wilson, Paul J ^a   Rutledge, Linda Y ^a   Wheeldon, Tyler J ^a   Patterson, Brent R ^a   White, Bradley N ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis; Eastern wolf; Hybridization; Microsatellites; Y chromosome; Y intron

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877071613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.301     Document Type: Article

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