Phylogeographical population structure of tiger quolls Dasyurus maculatus (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia), an endangered carnivorous marsupial

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1613-1625

  Firestone, K B ^a,b   Elphinstone, M S ^c   Sherwin, W B ^b   Houlden, B A ^a,b  

^a Zoological Parks Bd of New S Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivorous marsupials; Conservation; Dasyurus maculatus; Evolutionarily significant units; Management units; Microsatellites; MtDNA control region; Tiger quolls

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DASYURIDAE; DASYURUS; DASYURUS MACULATUS; LETHRINIDAE; METATHERIA; MUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033212767     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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