Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic Continuity in Mountain Woodland Caribou of the Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Letts, Brandon, Fulton, Tara L., Stiller, Mathias, Andrews, Thomas D., MacKay, Glen, Popko, Richard, Shapiro, Beth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: ice patch; Redstone herd; ecotype; White River tephra; mitochondrial; barren-ground; névé; troupeau de Redstone; écotype; téphra de la rivière White; toundra; Canada; Northwest Territories; Selwyn; Yukon; Arctic; Rangifer tarandus; Selwyn Mountains; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67233

We examine the mitochondrial genetic stability of mountain woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in the Mackenzie and Selwyn Mountains, Northwest Territories, over the last 4000 years. Unlike caribou populations in the Yukon, populations in the Northwest Territories show no evidence for mitoc...