Genetic structure, conservation genetics and evidence of speciation by range expansion in shy and white-capped albatrosses

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2953-2962

  Abbott, Cathryn L ^a   Double, Michael C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatross; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Speciation; Thalassarche

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW ZEALAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; THALASSARCHE CAUTA;

EID: 0242709479     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01980.x     Document Type: Article

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