Is black coat color in wolves of Iran an evidence of admixed ancestry with dogs?

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-105

  Khosravi, Rasoul ^a   Asadi Aghbolaghi, Marzieh ^b   Rezaei, Hamid Reza ^c   Nourani, Elham ^b   Kaboli, Mohammad ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Black wolf; Hybridization; Microsatellite; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAIR; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; IRAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SKULL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAIR; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; IRAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SKULL; WOLVES;

EID: 84930153146     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: 21903883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-014-0237-6     Document Type: Article

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