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Polar Bear Microsatellite Data Southern Beaufort Sea 2010-2013

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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.

Author(s): USGS Alaska Science Center, Polar Bear Research Program.

Suggested 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.

Referenced Publication(s):

Lillie, K. M., E. M. Gese, T. C. Atwood, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2018. Development of on-shore behavior among polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea: inherited or learned?. Ecology and Evolution 8(16):7790-7799. doi:10.1002/ece3.4233

Lillie, K. M., E. M. Gese, T. C. Atwood, and M. M. Conner. 2020. Use of subsistence-harvested whale carcasses by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the southern Beaufort Sea. Arctic 72:404-412. doi:10.14430/arctic69449

DataID: 282 | doi:10.5066/F78G8HX8 | Date Posted Online: 2020-02-24 | Last Updated:

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