Molecular evidence for a unique evolutionary lineage of endangered sonoran desert fish (genus Poeciliopsis)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-135

  Quattro, Joseph M ^a,c   Leberg, Paul L ^a,d   Douglas, Michael E ^b   Vrijenhoek, Robert C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POECILIOPSIS SPP.; POECILIOPSIS OCCIDENTALIS;

ENDANGERED FISH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SONORAN TOPMINNOW;

MEXICO, SONORA, GILA RIVER; USA, ARIZONA, GILA RIVER; USA, ARIZONA, RIO YAQUI;

EID: 0029667514     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10010128.x     Document Type: Article

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