Assessing polar bear ( Ursus maritimus) population structure in the Hudson Bay region using SNPs

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Viengkone, Michelle, Derocher, Andrew Edward, Richardson, Evan Shaun, Malenfant, René Michael, Miller, Joshua Moses, Obbard, Martyn E., Dyck, Markus G., Lunn, Nick J., Sahanatien, Vicki, Davis, Corey S.
• Other Authors: Environment Canada, World Wildlife Fund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Baffin Island; Canada; Foxe Basin; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Southampton Island; Akimiski island; Baffin; Davis Strait; polar bear; Ursus maritimus; James Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2563; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.2563; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.2563; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.2563

Abstract Defining subpopulations using genetics has traditionally used data from microsatellite markers to investigate population structure; however, single‐nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNP s) have emerged as a tool for detection of fine‐scale structure. In Hudson Bay, Canada, three polar bear ( Ursus...