Demographic History of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) on Hokkaido Island, Japan, Based on Whole-Genomic Sequence Analysis

• Published in: Genome biology and evolution Vol. 13; no. 9
• Main Authors: Endo, Yu, Osada, Naoki, Mano, Tsutomu, Masuda, Ryuichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Animals; Demography; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Genomics; Japan; Male; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis; Ursidae - genetics; Japan; genomics; phylogeny; isolation by distance; admixture; autosome

Abstract Previous studies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) on Hokkaido Island, Japan, have detected three geographically distinct subpopulations representing different mitochondrial lineages and shown that gene flow between subpopulations has occurred due to male-biased dispersal. In this study, we...