How cryptic is the Scandinavian lynx?
A reanalysis of the existing genotypic data shows that they are compatible with the hypothesis that the present-day Scandinavian lynx represents a recent expansion from a single source. This contradicts earlier conclusions. The difference arises when it is assumed that the expansion and colonization have been stochastic processes and that the populations may not be at a drift-migration equilibrium.
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Department of Biology, Box 3000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland. pekka.pamilo@oulu.fi
D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005843:Geography; D046008:Lynx / Q000235:genetics*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries