Conservation genetics of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-405

  Phillips, Christopher A ^a   Dimmick, Walter W ^b   Carr, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SNAPPING TURTLE;

LATIN AMERICA;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0029730580     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020397.x     Document Type: Article

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