Kinship and genetic divergence among populations of tuatara Sphenodon punctatus as revealed by minisatellite DNA profiling

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 651-658

  Finch, M O ^a   Lambert, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

evolutionary genetics; kinship; minisatellite DNA; tuatara

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030482616     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00360.x     Document Type: Article

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