Genetic subdivision and candidate genes under selection in North American grey wolves

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 380-402

  Schweizer, Rena M ^a   VonHoldt, Bridgett M ^b   Harrigan, Ryan ^a   Knowles, James C ^c   Musiani, Marco ^d   Coltman, David ^c   Novembre, John ^e   Wayne, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; Canis lupus; ecological genetics; genomics; mammals; population genetics; SNP array

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WOLF;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOLVES;

EID: 84954074556     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13364     Document Type: Article

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