Genetic variation and population structure in desert bighorn sheep: Implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-15

  Gutiérrez Espeleta, Gustavo A ^a,b   Kalinowski, Steven T ^a,c   Boyce, Walter M ^d   Hedrick, Philip W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Genetic distance; Microsatellites; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0002470129     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010125519304     Document Type: Article

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