Article
Pleistocene and ecological effects on continental-scale genetic differentiation in the bobcat (Lynx rufus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2012
Reding Dawn M, Bronikowski Anne M, Johnson Warren E, Clark William R
Abstract excerpt
The potential for widespread, mobile species to exhibit genetic structure without clear geographic barriers is a topic of growing interest. Yet the patterns and mechanisms of structure--particularly over broad spatial scales--remain largely unexplored for these species. Bobcats occur across North America and possess many characteristics expected to promote gene flow. To test whether historical, topographic or...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Lynx
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mitochondria