Impact of historical founder effects and a recent bottleneck on MHC variability in Commander Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus)

Populations of Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) have been isolated on two of the Commander Islands (Bering and Mednyi) from the circumpolar distributed mainland population since the Pleistocene. In 1970–1980, an epizootic outbreak of mange caused a severe population decline on Mednyi Island. Genes of t...

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Main Authors: Ploshnitsa, Anna I, Goltsman, Mikhail E, Macdonald, David W, Kennedy, Lorna J, Sommer, Simone
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297186/