High genetic variation in leopards indicates large and long-term stable effective population size

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1773-1782

  Spong, G ^a   Johansson, M ^a   Bjorklund, M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Microsatellites; Panthera pardus; Population dynamics; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; POPULATION; TANZANIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033730072     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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