Wolf Subspecies: Reply to Weckworth et al. and Fredrickson et al.

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 417-419

  Cronin, Matthew A ^a   Cánovas, Angela ^b   Bannasch, Danika L ^b   Oberbauer, Anita M ^b   Medrano, Juan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CANADA; CANIS LUPUS; COYOTE; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WOLF; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; COYOTES; DOGS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WOLVES;

EID: 84939144848     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv029     Document Type: Letter

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