Genetic analysis of the population structure of socially organized oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) using microsatellites

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-187

  Van Treuren, R ^a,b   Bijlsma, R ^a   Tinbergen, J M ^a   Heg, D ^a   Van De Zande, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Haematopus ostralegus; Microsatellites; Population structure; Social organization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033084009     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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