Microsatellite variation and population structure in a declining Australian Hylid Litoria aurea

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1745-1757

  Burns, Emma L ^a   Eldridge, Mark D B ^b,c   Houlden, Bronwyn A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d Zoological Parts Board of NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Genetic diversity; Hylid; Litoria aurea; Microsatellite; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITORIA; LITORIA AUREA; REPTILIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3042824174     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02190.x     Document Type: Article

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