Genetic divergence, phylogeography and conservation units of giant tortoises from Santa Cruz and Pinzón, Galápagos Islands

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-46

  Beheregaray, Luciano B ^a   Ciofi, Claudio ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a   Gibbs, James P ^b   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Evolutionary radiation; Gal pagos giant tortoises; Microsatellites; mtDNA control region; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PUBLIC POLICY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

GENETIC DIVERGENCE;

CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE;

ECUADOR;

AMPHIBIA; GEOCHELONE; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037799905     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021864214375     Document Type: Article

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