Population structure and genetic variation of European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in East Anglia

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 479-487

  Surridge, Alison K ^a   Bell, Diana J ^a   Ibrahim, Kamal M ^a   Hewitt, Godfrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective population size; European wild rabbit; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Population bottleneck

Indexed keywords

GENE LOCUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033027520     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885110     Document Type: Article

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