Population structure of the yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus (Gray, 1854) inferred from mtDNA sequences and microsatellite loci

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-640

  Pope, L C ^a   Sharp, A ^a   Moritz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservation; marsupial; microsatellites control region; population structure; rock wallaby

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE XANTHOPUS;

EID: 0030268308     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00358.x     Document Type: Article

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