Population genetic structure of the African elephant in Uganda based on variation at mitochondrial and nuclear loci: Evidence for male-biased gene flow

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1105-1115

  Nyakaana, Silvester ^a,b   Arctander, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

African elephant; Control region; Genetic differentiation; Male biased gene flow; Microsatellites; Population structure

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROZYGOSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SKIN; UGANDA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033166076     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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