Sequence variation in the mitochondrial DNA control region of wild African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Heredity

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-362

  Freeman, Abigail R ^a   Machugh, David E ^b   Mckeown, Seán ^c   Walzer, Christian ^d   Mcconnell, David J ^a,c   Bradley, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Fota Wildlife Park   (Ireland)

^d Salzburger Tiergarten Hellbrunn ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Control region; Felidae; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FELIS CATUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

GENETIC VARIATION;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; CATS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034906723     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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