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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
Abstract excerpt
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 mutation rates and are abundant in the eukaryotic genome. Large population samples can be screened for variation by...
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