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Polar Bear Microsatellite Data Southern Beaufort Sea 2010-2013

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2010
End Date
2013

Citation

USGS Alaska Science Center - Polar Bear Research Program, 2020, Polar Bear microsatellite data southern Beaufort Sea 2010-2013: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F78G8HX8.

Summary

This data set provides Polar Bear microsatellite genotypes derived from twenty loci (G1A, G10B, G10C, CXX110, G1D, G10H, G10J, G10L, G10M, MSUT2, MU59, G10P, 145P07, CPH9, CXX20, MU50, MU51, G10X, CXX173, G10U). Samples for microsatellite genetic analysis were collected from polar bears from the southern Beaufort Sea during the spring and fall, 2010-2013. Tissue samples were collected from captured bears, biopsy darts, and barbed-wire hair-snags. Genetic identification of individuals was used to determine and compare the relatedness of bears that used land during summer and fall to those bears that remained on the sea ice.

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Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Originator :
USGS Alaska Science Center - Polar Bear Research Program
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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polarBear_microsat_southBeaufort_atwood_metadata.xml
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polarBear_microsat_southBeaufort_atwood.csv 39.72 KB text/csv
polarBear_microsat_southBeaufort_atwood_metadata.html 44.42 KB text/html

Purpose

To determine whether the use of land in summer by polar bears is an inherited or learned behavior.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F78G8HX8

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