Demographic histories and genetic diversities of Fennoscandian marine and landlocked ringed seal subspecies

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3420-3434

  Nyman, Tommi ^a,b   Valtonen, Mia ^a   Aspi, Jouni ^c   Ruokonen, Minna ^c   Kunnasranta, Mervi ^a   Palo, Jukka U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Approximate bayesian computing; Bottleneck; Demographic history; Founder event; Genetic diversity; Island populations

Indexed keywords

PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 84908072851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1193     Document Type: Article

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