Genetic differentiation among local populations of the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in mosaic habitats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1599-1604

  Becher, S A ^a,b   Griffiths, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insectivores; Microsatellites; Null alleles; Simple sequences

Indexed keywords

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; MOSAIC HABITAT; PERMUTATION ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEDGEHOGS; HETEROZYGOTE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032212522     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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