Genetic variability in Swayne's Hartebeest, an endangered antelope of Ethiopia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 254-264

  Flagstad, Øystein ^a   Syvertsen, Per Ole ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Stacy, John E ^a   Olsaker, Ingrid ^b   RØed, Knut H ^b   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; HAPLOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SURVIVAL;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ETHIOPIA;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS;

EID: 0034115585     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98339.x     Document Type: Article

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