Article
Living on the edge: reconstructing the genetic history of the Finnish wolf population.
BMC evolutionary biology - 28 Mar 2014
Jansson Eeva, Harmoinen Jenni, Ruokonen Minna, Aspi Jouni
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many western European carnivore populations became almost or completely eradicated during the last ~200 years, but are now recovering. Extirpation of wolves started in Finland in the 19th century, and for more than 150 years the population size of wolves has remained small. To investigate historical patterns of genetic variation, we extracted DNA from 114 wolf samples collected in zoological museums...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Finland
- Fossils
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phylogeny
- Population Density
- Wolves