Loss of genetic diversity in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) associated with the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• fur 71%
• genetic variation 69%
• genetic diversity 63%
• mitochondrial DNA 45%
• sea 30%
• loss 30%
• inbreeding depression 29%
• marker 15%
• analysis 5%
• effect 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• Enhydra lutris 91%
• fur 65%
• genetic variation 35%
• mitochondrial DNA 13%
• microsatellite repeats 12%
• inbreeding depression 9%
• nucleotide sequences 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Otters 100%
• Genetic Variation 55%
• Population 22%
• Microsatellite Repeats 17%
• Mitochondrial DNA 17%
• Inbreeding Depression 14%