Multifaceted genetic analysis of the "Critically Endangered" brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata in Victoria, Australia: Implications for management

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-156

  Browning, Teena L ^d   Taggart, David A ^a   Rummery, Catherine ^b   Close, Robert L ^c   Eldridge, Mark D B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Control region; Genetic divergence micro satellites; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000812633     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011850201944     Document Type: Article

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