Molecular population genetic analysis of the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in the northern Andean area

Hereditas

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-93

  Ruiz Garcia, Manuel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 0042744924     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5223.2003.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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