Genetic variation and bill size dimorphism in a passerine bird, the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1173-1182

  Grapputo, A ^a,b   Pilastro, A ^a   Marin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emberiza schoeniclus; Gene flow; Microsatellite loci; Morphology; mtDNA sequences; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEAK; BIRDS; BREEDING; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; EMBERIZA SCHOENICLUS; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0032167828     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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