Population structure of two rabies hosts relative to the known distribution of rabies virus variants in Alaska

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 675-688

  Goldsmith, Elizabeth W ^a   Renshaw, Benjamin ^a   Clement, Christopher J ^a   Himschoot, Elizabeth A ^a   Hundertmark, Kris J ^a   Hueffer, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

boreal; disease transmission; gene flow; tundra; Vulpes lagopus; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOX; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOXES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 84957060340     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13509     Document Type: Article

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