Testing models of female reproductive migratory behaviour and population structure in the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA sequences

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-328

  Bass, A L ^a,b,g   Good, D A ^a   Bjorndal, K A ^b   Richardson, J I ^c   Hillis, Z M ^d,h   Horrocks, J A ^e,f,i   Bowen, B W ^g  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Buck Island Reef National Monument   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^g BEECS Genetic Analysis Core   (United States)

^h Buck Island Reef National Monument

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Marine turtles; Migratory behaviour; Mitochondrial DNA; Nesting beaches; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030161008     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00323.x     Document Type: Article

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