Phylogeographic differentiation in the mitochondrial control region in the koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 999-1011

  Houlden, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Costello, Brian H ^b   Sharkey, Deirdre ^b   Fowler, Elizabeth V ^c   Melzer, Alistair ^d   Ellis, William ^e   Carrick, Frank ^e   Baverstock, Peter R ^f   Elphinstone, Martin S ^f  

^a Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control region; Evolutionally significant units; Koala; Management units; Mitochondrial DNA; TAS

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033150489     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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