Contrasting genetic structures in sister species of North American scrub-jays

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1424, 1999, Pages

  McDonald, David B ^a   Potts, Wayne K ^b   Fitzpatrick, John W ^c   Woolfenden, Glen E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^d ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Genetic structure; Genetic versus geographic distance; Metapopulation; Microsatellite; Scrub jay

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; AVES;

EID: 0033532657     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0752     Document Type: Article

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