RAPD analysis reveals low genetic variability in the endangered light-footed clapper rail

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-472

  Nusser, J A ^a,d   Goto, R M ^a   Ledig, D B ^b,e   Fleischer, R C ^c   Miller, M M ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

Author keywords

clapper rail; conservation genetics; genetic diversity; Rallus longirostris levipes; Rallus longirostris yumanensis; RAPD

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; RALLUS; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS LEVIPES; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS YUMANENSIS; YUMA;

EID: 0030209411     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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