Phylogeography and subspecies assessment of vicuñas in Chile and Bolivia utilizing mtDNA and microsatellite markers: Implications for vicuña conservation and management

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-102

  Sarno, Ronald J ^a,f   Villalba, Lilian ^b,c   Bonacic, Cristian ^d   Gonzalez, Benito ^d   Zapata, Beatriz ^d   Mac Donald, David W ^e   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Colección Boliviana de Fauna ^*  (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camelid; Microsatellites; mtDNA sequences; Ungulate; Vicugna vicugna

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REARING; UNGULATE;

BOLIVIA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS; UNGULATA; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 1442314361     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000014014.01531.b6     Document Type: Article

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