Sequence variation at two mitochondrial genes in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population of Sri Lanka

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-205

  Vandebona, H ^a,c   Goonesekere, N C W ^a,c   Tiedemann, R ^b   Ratnasooriya, W D ^c   Gunasekera, M B ^a,c  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Conservation; Elephas maximus; mtDNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SRI LANKA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036338780     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00030     Document Type: Article

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