Patterns of molecular genetic variation among African elephant populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2489-2498

  Comstock, Kenine E ^a   Georgiadis, Nicholas ^b   Pecon Slattery, Jill ^c   Roca, Alfred L ^c   Ostrander, Elaine A ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a,c   Wasser, Samuel K ^d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant; Microsatellites; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELEPHANTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18744362984     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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