Spatial autocorrelation analysis offers new insights into gene flow in the Australian bush rat, Rattus fuscipes

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1182-1195

  Peakall, Rod ^a   Ruibal, Monica ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bush rat; Dispersal; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Microsatellite; Rattus fuscipes; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; POPULATION GENETICS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS FUSCIPES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038649971     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00327.x     Document Type: Article

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