Polar Bear Microsatellite Data Southern Beaufort Sea 2010-2013 ...

• Main Authors: Todd C Atwood, USGS Alaska Science Center, Polar Bear Research Program
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2020
• Subjects: Animals/Vertebrates; Mammals; Carnivores; Bears; Wildlife; Ursus maritimus; Genetics; FOS: Biological sciences; Polar Bear; Genetic diversity; Polymerase chain reaction; DNA sequencing; DNA; Alleles; Genetic markers; Microsatellite Repeats; Alaska; Beaufort Sea; Systematics and taxonomy; Mitochondrial; Genetic variance; Arctic Regions; Population; Population genetic; Evolution; Ecological Processes; polar bear; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f78g8hx8; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5e544c6ee4b0ff554f7531e7

This data set provides Polar Bear microsatellite genotypes derived from twenty loci (G1A, G10B, G10C, CXX110, G1D, G10H, G10J, G10L, G10M, MSUT2, MU59, G10P, 145P07, CPH9, CXX20, MU50, MU51, G10X, CXX173, G10U). Samples for microsatellite genetic analysis were collected from polar bears from the southern Beaufort Sea during the spring and fall, 2010-2013. Tissue samples were collected from captured bears, biopsy darts, and barbed-wire hair-snags. Genetic identification of individuals was used to determine and compare the relatedness of bears that used land during summer and fall to those bears that remained on the sea ice. ...