Allozymic variation in desert pupfish from natural and artificial habitats: Genetic conservation in fluctuating populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Dunham, Jason B ^a,b   Minckley, W L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Conservation genetics; Cyprinodon macularius; Desert pupfish; Founder effects; Mexico; Salton Sea; Translocations

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DESERT PUPFISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION;

USA, COLORADO RIVER BASIN;

CYPRINODON MACULARIUS; CYPRINODON MACULARIUS MACULARIUS;

EID: 0032054454     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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