Genetic relationships of American alligator populations distributed across different ecological and geographic scales

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-333

  Ryberg, Wade A ^a   Fitzgerald, Lee A ^a   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a   Cathey, James C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; TEXAS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 0037115474     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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