The Thevenard Island mouse: Historic and conservation implications from mitochondrial DNA sequence-variation

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 282-288

  Moro, D ^a,d   Campbell, N J H ^b,c   Elphinstone, M S ^b   Baverstock, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Island population; Leggadina lakedownensis; Management unit; Mitochondrial DNA; Short tailed mouse; Sub species; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; RODENT;

AUSTRALIA;

LEGGADINA LAKEDOWNENSIS; MAMMALIA; NESOMYS RUFUS; PILBARA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032287403     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC980282     Document Type: Article

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