Genetic variation in an isolated Italian population of fallow deer Dama dama as revealed by RAPD-PCR

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 163-169

  Scandura, Massimo ^a,b   Tiedemann, Ralph ^b   Apollonio, Marco ^a   Hartl, Günther B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Genetic bottleneck; Genetic variability; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644438423     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-41     Document Type: Article

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