Population structure of African buffalo inferred from mtDNA sequences and microsatellite loci: High variation but low differentiation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-237

  Simonsen, B O T ^a,c   Siegismund, Hans R ^b   Arctander, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Botanical Institute   (Denmark)

^c Department of Forensic Genetics ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

African buffalo; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial control region; Population structure; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KENYA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAMIBIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTSWANA; BUFFALOES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; KENYA; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAMIBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; MAMMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 0032007285     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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