Genetic distinctness of isolated populations of an endangered marsupial, the mountain pygmy-possum, Burramys parvus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 609-613

  Osborne, M J ^a,b   Norman, J A ^a   Christidis, L ^a   Murray, N D ^b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burramys parvus; Conservation genetics; Cytochrome b; Fragmentation; mtDNA; NADH2

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CYTOCHROME B; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERPOPULATION DIVERGENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 2;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MARSUPIALIA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BURRAMYIDAE; BURRAMYS PARVUS; METATHERIA;

EID: 0034096789     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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