Population structure of the African savannah elephant inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences and nuclear microsatellite loci

Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-98

  Nyakaana, S ^a   Arctander, P ^b   Siegismund, H R ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control region; Genetic differentiation; Loxodonta africana; Microsatellites; Population structure; Savannah elephant

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; ELEPHANTS; FECES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

AFRICA;

LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ELEPHANT; FECES; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035994566     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800110     Document Type: Article

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