Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040137

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Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 1994

Roy M S, Geffen E, Smith D, Ostrander E A, Wayne R K

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Genetic divergence and gene flow among closely related populations are difficult to measure because mutation rates of most nuclear loci are so low that new mutations have not had sufficient time to appear and become fixed. Microsatellite loci are repeat arrays of simple sequences that have high m...

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Alleles
Animals
Canada
Carnivora
Computer Simulation
DNA, Satellite
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population
Hybridization, Genetic
Kenya
Monte Carlo Method
United States

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