Ancestral polymorphisms in genetic markers obscure detection of evolutionarily distinct populations in the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 831-844

  Bulgin, Natalie L ^a   Gibbs, H Lisle ^a,e   Vickery, Peter ^b,c,f   Baker, Allan J ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Biological Conservation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Center for Ecological Research Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum floridanus; ESU; Florida grasshopper sparrow; Phylogeography; Retained ancestral polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM FLORIDANUS; AVES; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

EID: 0037699012     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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