Metapopulation genetic structure in the water vole, Arvicola terrestris, in NE Scotland

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 159-171

  Stewart, Wendy A ^a   Dallas, John F ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^a   Marshall, Freda ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^a   Telfer, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Flow; Gene; Heterozygosity; Microsatellites; PCR

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; RODENT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032865296     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0336     Document Type: Article

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