This file contains multilocus genotypes for 2749 polar bears sampled from 18
of 19 polar bear subpopulations and reported in Peacock et al. (2014). The
data are provided in .xlsx format (two columns per locus) suitable for data
conversion using Microsatellite Toolkit (Park 2000) or other conversion
software.
Source of samples: samples were collected from locales across the polar
bear’s circumpolar distribution. Collection locality (latitude, longitude),
date, collection method, and other data associated with each sample are
provided in supplementary materials (Appendix S11) associated with Peacock et
al. (2014).
Sample analysis: This dataset includes data pooled from analyses conducted in
several laboratories. Details of inter-laboratory allele calibration are
provided in Peacock et al. (2014). Specific details about sample collection,
laboratory methods, quality control procedures can be found in Paetkau et al.
(1995, 1999), Zeyl et al. (2009), and the supplementary materials associated
with the publication associated with the DRYAD archive (Peacock et al. 2014).
For further information, see:
Park, S. 2000. User’s Manual, Microsatellite ToolKit for MS Excel 97
or 2000 (PC). Available from Stephen Park, Molecular Population
Genetics Lab, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland.
Paetkau D, S. C. Amstrup, E. W. Born, W. Calvert, A. E. Derocher, G.
W. Garner, F. Messier, I. Stirling, M. K. Taylor, Ø. Wiig, and C.
Strobeck. 1999. Genetic structure of the world's polar bear
populations. Molecular Ecology 8(10):1571-1584.
Paetkau D., W. Calvert, I. Stirling, and C. Strobeck. 1995.
Microsatellite analysis of 220 population structure in Canadian
polar bears. Molecular Ecology 4:347-354.
Zeyl E., J. Aars, D. Ehrich, and Ø. Wiig. 2009. Families in space:
relatedness in the Barents Sea population of polar bears (Ursus
maritimus). Molecular Ecology 18:735-749.
Peacock, E., S. A. Sonsthagen, M. E. Obbard, A. Boltunov, E. V.
Regehr, N. Ovsyanikov, J. Aars, S. N. Atkinson, G. K. Sage, A. G.
hope, E. Zeyl, L. Bachmann, D. Ehrich, K. T. Scribner, S. C.
Amstrup. S. Belikov, E. Born, A. E. Derocher, I. Stirling, M. K.
Taylor, Ø Wiig, D. Paetkau, and S. L. Talbot. 2014. Implications
of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their
conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic. PLoS One: in press.