Mexican wolves are a valid subspecies and an appropriate conservation target

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-416

  Fredrickson, Richard J ^a   Hedrick, Philip W ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^c   Von Holdt, Bridgett M ^d   Phillips, Michael K ^e  

^a School of Life Sciences Arizona State University ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Turner Endangered Species Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BODY SIZE; CANIS LUPUS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; COYOTE; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HABITAT; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MEXICAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES; WOLF; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

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

EID: 84939197739     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv028     Document Type: Letter

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