Range-wide analysis of genetic structure in a widespread, highly mobile species (Odocoileus hemionus) reveals the importance of historical biogeography

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3171-3190

  Latch, Emily K ^a   Reding, Dawn M ^b,c   Heffelfinger, James R ^d   Alcalá Galván, Carlos H ^e   Rhodes, Olin E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

gene flow; isolation by distance; landscape genetics; Odocoileus hemionus; phylogeography; spatial genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULE DEER; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURE;

GENE FLOW; ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; LANDSCAPE GENETICS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84903385641     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12803     Document Type: Article

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