Population genetic structure and gene flow in a gleaning bat, Plecotus auritus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1422, 1999, Pages 975-980

  Burland, T M ^a,b   Barratt, E M ^a   Beaumont, M A ^a   Racey, P A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Isolation by distance; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BAT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIROPTERA; PLECOTUS AURITUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0033532142     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0732     Document Type: Article

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