Significance of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) ecotypes from a molecular genetics viewpoint

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-404

  Courtois, Réhaume ^a,c   Bernatchez, Louis ^b   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^c   Breton, Laurier ^a  

^a Soc la Faune et des Parcs du Que   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Ecotype; Genetic diversity; Metapopulation; Microsatellite loci

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUSCLE;

GENETIC DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIATION; METAPOPULATION; UNGULATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0037898904     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024033500799     Document Type: Article

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