Potential genetic consequences of a recent bottleneck in the Amur tiger of the Russian far east

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-713

  Russello, Michael A ^a   Gladyshev, Eugene ^b   Miquelle, Dale ^c   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amur tiger; Bottleneck; Control region; mtDNA; Panthera tigris altaica

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 11944260987     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-004-1860-2     Document Type: Article

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