Genetic diversity analysis of captive populations: The Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) in zoological parks

Zoo Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-475

  Thévenon, Sophie ^a,b,c   Bonnet, Amélie ^b   Claro, Françoise ^b   Maillard, Jean Charles ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CIRDES ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation; Genetic drift; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON; CERVUS NIPPON PSEUDAXIS;

EID: 1042308751     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10091     Document Type: Article

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