Consequences of a demographic bottleneck on genetic structure and variation in the Scandinavian brown bear

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3441-3454

  Xenikoudakis, G ^a,b,g   Ersmark, Erik ^a,b   Tison, J L ^a   Waits, L ^c   Kindberg, J ^d   Swenson, J E ^e,f   Dalen L ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

bottleneck; decline; microsatellites; mtDNA; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URSIDAE;

EID: 84933278835     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13239     Document Type: Article

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