Population differentiation in the red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-340

  Patirana, A ^a   Hatch, S A ^b   Friesen, V L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily significant unit; Gene flow; Management unit; Mitochondrial control region; Population genetic structure; Red legged kittiwake

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GENETIC VARIATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; SEABIRD;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA; RISSA BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 0036375106     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019935726807     Document Type: Article

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