Microsatellite analysis of the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) across its range distribution

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-69

  Ruiz García, Manuel ^a   Orozco TerWengel, Pablo ^a   Castellanos, Armando ^b   Arias, Leonardo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b Fundación Espiritu del Basque   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellites; Population genetics; Spectacled bears

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEAR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 17644406038     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.80.57     Document Type: Article

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