Genetic structure and male-mediated gene flow in the ghost bat (Macroderma gigas)

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1582-1591

  Worthington Wilmer, Jessica ^a,b   Hall, Les ^a   Barratt, Elizabeth ^c   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Institute of Zoology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

BAT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

CHIROPTERA; MACRODERMA GIGAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344433881     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05421.x     Document Type: Article

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