Genetic evaluation of a proposed introduction: The case of the greater prairie chicken and the extinct heath hen

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1759-1769

  Palkovacs, Eric P ^a   Oppenheimer, Adam J ^a   Gladyshev, Eugene ^b   Toepfer, John E ^c,f   Amato, George ^d   Chase, Thomas ^e,g   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c Soc of Tympanuchus Cupido Pinnatus   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e The Wakeman Center   (United States)

^f NONE

^g THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Conservation genetics; Heath hen; mtDNA; Population introduction; Tympanuchus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO PINNATUS; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

EID: 3042701945     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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