Canadian polar bear population structure using genome‐wide markers

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Evelyn L. Jensen, Christina Tschritter, Peter V. C. deGroot, Kristen M. Hayward, Marsha Branigan, Markus Dyck, Rute B. G. Clemente‐Carvalho, Stephen C. Lougheed
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; conservation; ddRAD; population genetics; single nucleotide polymorphism; Ursus maritimus; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Norwegian Bay; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6159; https://doaj.org/article/ef574778a9924acfb5f3eb45a1c75102

Abstract Predicting the consequences of environmental changes, including human‐mediated climate change on species, requires that we quantify range‐wide patterns of genetic diversity and identify the ecological, environmental, and historical factors that have contributed to it. Here, we generate base...