Genetic structure among greater white-fronted goose populations of the Pacific Flyway.

ABSTRACT: An understanding of the genetic structure of populations in the wild is essential for long-term conservation and stewardship in the face of environmental change. Knowledge of the present-day distribution of genetic lineages (phylogeography) of a species is especially important for organisms that are exploited or utilize habitats that may be jeopardized by human intervention, including climate change. Here, we describe mitochondrial (mtDNA) and nuclear genetic (microsatellite) diversity among three populations of a migratory bird, the greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), which breeds discontinuously in western and southwestern Alaska and winters in the Pacific Flyway of North America. Significant genetic structure was evident at both marker types. All three populations were

SUBMITTER: Ely CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415542 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature