Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest Rapid Evolution of Dwarf California Channel Islands Foxes ( Urocyon littoralis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Hofman, Courtney A ^a,b,c   Rick, Torben C ^b   Hawkins, Melissa T R ^c,d   Funk, W Chris ^e   Ralls, Katherine ^c   Boser, Christina L ^f   Collins, Paul W ^g   Coonan, Tim ^h   King, Julie L ⁱ   Morrison, Scott A ^f   Newsome, Seth D ^j   Sillett, T Scott ^k   Fleischer, Robert C ^c   Maldonado, Jesus E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ Catalina Island Conservancy   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^k SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCHEOLOGY; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOX; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HOLOCENE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISLAND ENDEMISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; UNITED STATES; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; UROCYON LITTORALIS; ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CANIDAE; UROCYON; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOXES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84923913707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118240     Document Type: Review

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