Genetic divergence and units for conservation in the Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2269-2274

  Ciofi, Claudio ^a,b   Beaumont, Mark A ^a,c   Swingland, Ian R ^b   Bruford, Michael W ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily significant units (ESUs); Microsatellites; Population genetics; Reptiles; Varanus komodoensis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARD; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDONESIA; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

INDONESIA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 0033596109     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0918     Document Type: Article

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