Microsatellite DNA analyses support an east-west phylogeographic split of American alligator populations

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 352-372

  Davis, Lisa M ^a,b   Glenn, Travis C ^a,b   Strickland, Denise C ^a   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^c   Elsey, Ruth M ^d   Rhodes, Walter E ^e   Dessauer, Herbert C ^f   Sawyer, Roger H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^e SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ASPERULA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037115665     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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